Intelligence

Russia Expels US Diplomat Accused of Spying

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:35:52 -0500

From Paul Sonne and Gregory L. White, Wall Street Journal: Russian authorities on Tuesday expelled an American they accused of being a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency officer operating under diplomatic cover in Moscow

Surge of Cyberattacks from the Middle East Against US Corporations

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:11:45 -0500

From David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth, New York Times: A new wave of cyberattacks is striking American corporations, prompting warnings from federal officials, including a vague one issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security.

France releases Defense White Paper: Hollande to cut 24,000 military jobs

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:10:52 -0500

From Greg Keller, AP: France said Monday it will cut another 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it attempts to maintain a force ready to deal with global threats at the time when the bill for France's decades of deficit spending is due.

Dutch diplomat jailed for giving secret NATO documents to Russian agents

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:32:20 -0500

From AP: A Dutch court has sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison for delivering confidential Nato and European Union documents to Russian agents.

Syria Used Chemical Arms, Israel Says

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:52:57 -0500

From Adam Entous, Joshua Mitnick, and Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal: The Syrian army has used lethal chemical weapons during the country's civil war, Israel's top military intelligence analyst said Tuesday

France names new spymaster

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:00:29 -0500

From Reuters: Bernard Bajolet, a career diplomat with a history of postings in the Arab world, was nominated on Tuesday as the new head of France's DGSE external intelligence agency.

'Internal divisions, miscalculations and bureaucratic inertia' in Obama's Syria policy

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:08:34 -0500

From Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal: A reconstruction of months of conversations within the administration—based on interviews with two dozen senior officials in Washington, Europe and the Middle East—suggests that process has been slowed by internal divisions, miscalculations and bureaucratic inertia.

Arms airlift to Syria rebels expands, With C.I.A. aid

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:43:17 -0500

From C.J. Chivers and Eric Schmitt, New York Times: With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply increased their military aid to Syria’s opposition fighters in recent months, expanding a secret airlift of arms and equipment for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad