America’s Ally or Enemy? The Hidden Story of Israel's Mossad

Very recommendable! However, it is too partisan against Israel! Mossad is probably one of the most capable intelligence services of the world!

China behind massive nationwide SIM farm network that directly threatens American critical infrastructure

Bad news! However, how serious is this threat? But the scale of this Chinese clandestine operation is breathtaking!

I am not sure the KGB of the former Soviet Union ever pulled off something quite like this! Or during the Cold War the KGB showed more restraint than the Chinese counterpart post Cold War?

Maybe reading the The Art of War by Sun Tzu is recommended!

The Open Society and Its Enemies!

"The discovery of SIM farms that threatened cellular networks in New York City is only the tip of a massive nationwide network run by the Chinese Communist government that poses an immediate threat to critical American infrastructure and has led to terrorist acts including hoax SWAT raids at the homes of national leaders, Blaze News has learned.

Sources in the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. intelligence community said these SIM card networks were operating in the United States as early as 2004. They have proliferated exponentially since President Donald J. Trump was re-elected to the presidency in November 2024. ...

“The only reason we found this network is because a senior Secret Service official was targeted for a SWAT raid,” the source said. “Otherwise, this investigation would have never been initiated.”

No U.S. intelligence or law enforcement agency detected the secret network, nor did the three major wireless carriers in the U.S., AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile, and Verizon.

Homeland Security Investigations led raids that disrupted five SIM farm sites in the Tri-State area of New York City just before the United Nations General Assembly, where President Trump spoke Sept. 23. The raids led to seizure of more than 300 co-located servers and more than 100,000 SIM cards. ...

A nationwide network using millions of SIM cards operated by China has the capability to wipe out communications across entire regions with a cyberattack; target large lists of victims for hoax SWAT calls; act as chatbots to interact with teens and young adults in online forums such as Reddit; and operate identity-theft rackets, among other applications. ...

The SIM farms can cost $10-$15 million annually per location to operate, but they actually make money because criminal organizations including drug cartels and scammers are allowed to use the networks, the source said. A site with 100 SIM gateway boxes can generate $240,000 per month in profit. ..."

Exclusive: China behind massive nationwide SIM farm network that directly threatens American critical infrastructure | Blaze Media "Millions of linked SIM cards carry out surveillance, target leaders for harm, and should be considered ‘acts of war.’"

MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore's farewell tells us how an ancient craft continues to evolve

Is the chief a relative of James Bond actor Roger Moore? Just kidding! 

(By the way, I think Roger Moore was the best James Bond actor of them all incl. Sean Connery. He was so genuinely British snobbish!).

MI6 chief’s farewell tells us how an ancient craft continues to evolve | The Strategist

Sir Richard Moore

Sir Roger Moore (Source)

Israel located and killed Iranian officials during the Israel-Iran War by tracking their bodyguards’ cellphones

Once more superb Israeli intelligence services work!

"Israel located and killed Iranian officials during the Israel-Iran War by tracking their bodyguards’ cellphones, according to Israeli and Iranian officials speaking to the New York Times on August 30. Israel used the cellphone location of Iranian officials’ bodyguards to attack a Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) meeting on June 16. The SNSC is Iran’s highest foreign policy and national security decision-making body and includes the heads of Iran’s three branches of government and senior military commanders, among other officials. Israeli and Iranian officials told the New York Times that Iranian bodyguards’ “careless” use of cellphones played a “central role” in Israel’s ability to kill Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists during the war. Israel similarly exploited lapses in Hezbollah’s operational security following the Israeli pager and walkie talkie attacks in September 2024 to kill senior Hezbollah officials."

Critical Threats Project: Iran Update

Israel Defense Forces Mandates Arabic and Islamic Studies for All Intelligence Soldiers

This is probably not a bad idea!

"In a sweeping reform designed to overhaul Israel’s military intelligence capabilities, the IDF announced that all intelligence personnel across every unit will undergo mandatory training in Arabic language and Islamic studies beginning immediately. ..."

IDF Mandates Arabic and Islamic Studies for All Intelligence Soldiers "Major intelligence overhaul aims to correct October 7 failures with deep cultural and linguistic training."

Russo-Ukraine War: More Than 25,000 Russian criminal cases against deserting Russian Soldiers reported

Good news, if confirmed! Why are not more Russian soldiers deserting! How large is the number of unreported desertions?

A plea to Russian soldiers please desert in large numbers! Show the world, the Russian people do not mean to fight or support the wars of the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible! You know in your hearts and minds this is an unjust war of aggression that needs to end immediately! Remember when Hitler invaded the former Soviet Union.

I personally remember having seen only a very few such reports ever about deserting deserting Russian soldiers since the Russo-Ukrainian War started in February of 2022.

When will the lethargic, apathetic Russian Slav(e)s/Serfs finally get rid of their last tsar, the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible! Please Russian people make the world a better, more peaceful place again!

How many more young Russian men have to die or be maimed because Putin the Terrible has conducted a “special military operation” in the Ukraine since February of 2022!

"British intelligence, citing Russian media, posted on Monday that the number of criminal cases brought in Russia against its soldiers for going absent without leave (AWOL) have so far reached 20,538, including both those who have deserted and failed to carry out orders.

Russian media outlet Mediazona stated that most of the cases in that period, between February 2022 to the end of May 2025, were cases against of soldiers who went AWOL. (In Russia, that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison). More than 86 percent of the cases have been prosecuted, he media outlet wrote. ..."

More Than 20.5K Cases of Russian Soldiers Going AWOL, Report Says "“There are a range of factors that can lead a soldier to desert,” British Intelligence said. “Brutal discipline in the Russian Armed Forces, poor medical treatment, and inadequate military training.”

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Career Spy Named MI6’s First Woman Chief

I hope she is capable and qualified and not just a first like too many other women appointed to high office in Western countries. Meritocracy please, not gender quotas!

"Blaise Metreweli, 47, a veteran intelligence officer, will become the first woman to lead MI6, the U.K.’s foreign spy agency, in its 116-year history.

Currently serving as Director General “Q”—the head of MI6’s technology and innovation division tasked with protecting agent identities—Metreweli will take the reins this fall, replacing Sir Richard Moore as the agency’s 18th “C,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced. ..."

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Israeli Attorney General Baharav-Miara denies personal relationship with current, previous Shin Bet chiefs

Blonde bombshell news! 😊

Baharav-Miara denies personal ties with Ronen Bar, Nadav Argaman - Israel Politics - The Jerusalem Post ""They are not visitors to my home," Baharav-Miara added."

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara (L) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (R).

Israel provided intel on a key Houthi military operative targeted in an attack described in senior Trump officials’ controversial Signal chat

Maybe the so called Signal group chat incident was not so harmless!

This may have compromised sources, methods, and activities of the Israeli intelligence services. Will an Israeli informant be killed because of this amateurish incident? We will probably never learn.

"Israel provided intel on a key Houthi military operative targeted in an attack described in senior Trump officials’ controversial Signal chat, according to two U.S. officials. National security adviser Mike Waltz texted about a missile expert seen entering a building that was destroyed. Israel complained privately to the U.S. that the messages became public, one U.S. official said. The Israeli prime minister’s office and Embassy in Washington declined to comment. The National Security Council said that no classified information was included in the thread. The Atlantic magazine disclosed the messages after editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg was included in the chat group, apparently by mistake. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is steering clear of an investigation."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Tulsi Gabbard to fire more than 100 intelligence officers over sexually explicit and DEI/LGBTQ subjects on government chats

Good news! Good riddance!

Getting to know the new Director of National Intelligence: Highlights from Tulsi’s beautiful Hindu Vedic wedding in 2015

And the Vice President Vance is married to an Indian woman. At least foreign relations with India should be superb during the second Term of President Trump.

Getting to know the new Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard Sings Imagine - John Lennon

Enjoy! How long will she last in her new job? Maybe President Trump tried a little too hard to be a uniter! 😊

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard: Trump already laying foundation for 'peacemaker' legacy

Good news! What will follow the great Abrahams Accords?

Her speech at the Munich Security Conference was very basic and did not give away anything about what she might do in the future. She may have missed an opportunity! It appears she is not well prepared for her new job. She does not hit the ground running! I blogged here before that she is perhaps not very qualified for the job.

"Tulsi Gabbard, the new Director of National Intelligence, said on Friday at the Munich Security Conference that President Trump is already laying the foundation for a legacy as a "peacemaker." 

Gabbard, a former congresswomen from Hawaii, also said she is "focused on returning the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to its original mission, which is to keep the American people safe and deliver the most accurate and timely intelligence to the president, U.S. officials, our warfighters" and U.S. allies.

"President Trump promised in his inaugural address that his proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. And just three weeks in, we are seeing the foundations of this legacy," she said in the speech.

"Hostages are coming home. The president is focused on ending the killing and brutality in the war between Russia and Ukraine and preventing nuclear war. He continues to be focused on countering radical Islamist terrorism, the proliferation of drugs like fentanyl, and targeting those profiting from human trafficking," she added.

Gabbard, who left the Democratic Party and registered as a Republican, noted that Trump "designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to eliminate foreign gangs and criminal networks from our country."

She also emphasized that Trump is working on "overhauling the trade system to recognize the principles of fair play and reciprocity, signaling America will insist on a level economic playing field.""

"... Terrorism remains a persistent threat, requiring a coordinated global response. We must disrupt and destroy terrorist organizations by targeting their ideology, leadership, command structures, and financial networks. This effort necessitates close cooperation to share intelligence, coordinate law enforcement activities, and prevent the flow of funds to terrorist groups.

The challenges presented by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea similarly demand a united front to advance the cause of peace, freedom, and prosperity. To deter aggression and maintain stability, we look forward to working closely with those who share those interests. ..."

Gabbard: Trump already laying foundation for 'peacemaker' legacy | Just The News "Gabbard says she is "focused on returning the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to its original mission, which is to keep the American people safe and deliver the most accurate and timely intelligence to the president, U.S. officials, our warfighters" and U.S. allies."

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Remarks As Prepared for Delivery Munich Security Conference Munich, Germany February 14, 2025

Designate Turkey’s Intelligence Service to Be a Terror Organization by Michael Rubin

Very concerning! If confirmed, then the suggestion is reasonable and makes sense!

Remember, Turkey is a NATO member!

President Erdogan (age 70) rules like he is some kind of an Ottoman sultan! Is he a state sponsor of Islamist terrorism?

"Six years ago, President Donald Trump designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its elite Quds Force, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

It was the first time the United States had ever labeled part of another government to be a terrorist organization. ...

French and German manufacturers partnered with Revolutionary Guards-owned industrial companies. ...

Trump preferred to address the Revolutionary Guards with an axe rather than a scalpel, though. “If you are doing business with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, you will be bankrolling terrorism,” he explained.

There was logic to his broad designation: Victims of terrorism could sue not only the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but also those companies that partnered in its business. Not surprisingly, the French company PSA that produces Peugeots and Citroens decided to leave Iran to avoid sanctions and liability. So too did the German firm Siemens.

Not only the United States but also the European should now build on the precedent, not in Iran but in Turkey. 

There is overwhelming evidence that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) behaves as a foreign terrorist organization. 

Consider the case of Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of the center-left Cumhuriyet daily: In 2015, his newspaper published photos of MİT trucks delivering weapons to an Al Qaeda affiliate on the Syrian border. He later survived an assassination attempt.

The United States also believes that the MİT helped organize and arm the Islamic State. Israeli security caught the organization red-handed seeking to smuggle weaponry and explosives to Hamas. MİT fingerprints are also on many of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s schemes to evade sanctions on other designated terror sponsors.

Hakan Fidan headed MİT from 2010 until 2023, before taking over the helm of Turkey’s foreign ministry. During his tenure, the MİT also openly targeted Turkish dissidents across the globe, kidnapping schoolteachers in countries ranging from Kyrgyzstan to Kosovo and from Malaysia to Moldova. The MİT brags about its assassinations of opponents in Iraq. The organization even ran cells in the United States to surveil and harass dissidents.

MİT likely orchestrated the 2017 attack on Turkish and Kurdish dissidents in the heart of Washington, DC. 

German officials quietly say their fear is less Turkey unleashing a wave of migrants into the heart of Europe and more the belief that the MİT controls gangs among the Turkish diaspora in Europe that can sabotage stability. 

Today, the MİT supports and provides weaponry to terror groups in Pakistan, Somalia, and Libya.

There is hardly an activity that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps engages in that the MİT does not. While there is no international consensus definition of terror, MİT checks all the boxes that various U.S and European police and security agencies use to define terrorism. That Turkey is a NATO member should not give it free rein to sponsor and conduct terror on a global scale. ...

Not only Washington, but Brussels and Athens should designate the MİT a foreign terror organization, and both sanction and, if necessary, render, arrest, or eliminate its command structure."

Designate Turkey’s Intelligence Service to Be a Terror Organization | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

What’s driving the whisper campaign by some Republican US Senators against DNI Director nominee Tulsi Gabbard?

I am also not convinced that Tulsi Gabbard is a good choice for this job!

Is President Trump trying to promote the next GOP presidential candidate?

What are her particular credentials for this job?

One of her featured achievements:

"... Among other activities in D.C., Gabbard has been participating in the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, along with members from the Hindu-American community. In 2016, she supported the campaign by Hindu-Americans for a Diwali commemorative stamp in the United States, noting that the Diwali festival honors values such as righteousness "that transcend different religions, and backgrounds." ... " (Source)

What’s driving the GOP whisper campaign against Tulsi Gabbard? | Blaze Media

Is this her claim to faim? Tulsi in Indian garb presented a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014?

CIA’s deep partnership with Ukrainian intelligence that began more than a decade ago

Very recommendable!

How the Most Elite Spy Agency Operates

Very recommendable!

After the Assad regime’s collapse, a global hunt begins for the family’s hidden billions.

I bet, the Israeli intelligence services have some good information where to find some of the plunder amassed by father and son al Assad over the past 50 years.

Maybe Syria and Israel can make a deal? Peace for stolen assets?

"The Assad dynasty built a vast network of investments over the decades, including prime real estate in Russia, hotels in Vienna and a jet in Dubai, according to former U.S. officials and researchers. Human-rights lawyers have begun the search for more assets, hoping to recover them for the Syrian people."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

Scientist Shot Dead in Moscow: Ukraine military intelligence Targets Russian Missile Developer Linked to thousands of Civilian Deaths

If confirmed, impressive! Taking a page from Mossad?

"Mikhail Shatsky, deputy chief designer and head of software for Russia’s Mars defense contractor, was shot dead in a Moscow park.

Shatsky was known for modernizing the Kh-59 cruise missiles to the Kh-69 level, introducing new UAVs, and is considered responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainians. ...

Photos of the deceased with a gunshot wound to the head in a forested park in the Russian capital are circulating online. ..."

Scientist Shot Dead in Moscow: HUR Targets Russian Missile Developer Linked to Civilian Deaths "In Moscow, Ukrainian military intelligence has reportedly assassinated Mikhail Shatsky, a Russian missile designer linked to cruise missile attacks on Ukrainian civilians."

How did Israel Penetrate Iranian Proxy Groups? with Palki Sharma

Recommendable! The Iranian mole catcher was himself a mole!