In March 2014, Ajit Doval, now India's National Security Advisor & one of the most decorated intel officers in the country's history, made a statement that challenges one of the most persistent assumptions people carry about how foreign intelligence services recruit assets.
@spycraft101 Cuban intel has its fascinating place in the recent past.
They have been very good. May be because they learned a lot of stuff from the KGB.
He was a top FBI officer, trusted with America's deepest secrets.
Yet, he sold America to its greatest enemy.
Robert Hanssen betrayed his country for money, causing the deaths of CIA assets inside the KGB.
This is the shocking story of the FBI’s greatest betrayal.
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In 2010, Mossad attempted to turn French spies into double agents during a joint operation in Syria.
The Mossad agents built close relationships with the French spies, paying them large sums in cash to recruit them as regular intelligence sources.
In 1954, wife of a defected KGB colonel was dragged across the Sydney tarmac by two Soviet couriers toward a plane back to Moscow.
The world watched, convinced she was heading to death.
She would make one of the most dramatic escapes of the Cold War just hours later.
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@CI_CT_IO@sheeo91 Aal-Balawi had no known direct relationship with Zarqawi but he was a strong supporter of Zarqawi’s activities. In the video released, al-Balawi accused Jordanian intelligence of helping the CIA kill Zarqawi (along with other figures like Imad Mughniyah and Baitullah Mehsud).
@SprinterPress The Chinese would be stupid not to prepare for conflict with the United States. Unless they deter the US as they invade Taiwan, there is 100% possibility of the US forces coming for Taiwan's help.
@KazmiWajahat JAAC crossed a line. Turning legitimate grievances into an openly confrontational movement was shortsighted with dire consequences. Islamabad should have acted quicker: economic relief for moderates combined with firm action against separatists. Stability in AJK is too important.
@talhaahmad967 Every concession table in modern conflict has been set by whoever holds battlefield leverage at that moment. Vienna 1815, Panmunjom 1953, Dayton 1995. Pulling assets now while Iran's concessions are still unverified is stupid. Its the only leverage that brought Iran to the table.
@Nazranausufzai Last year, I had a chat with a low-level Afghan GDI officer and asked what’s wrong with them. He said the Ameer-ul-Mumineen only thinks about women, lives in a medieval mindset, and has no clue how people view his policies. He is strictly against women.
Ukrainian FPV drone delivers a sniper-perfect strike. Straight through the open hatch into a Russian Bukhanka van. This is what elite drone warfare looks like. Pure skill!