Also this week: Arrest of German spy chief, CIA plea deal, Another U.K. base plot, FlyDubai pilot’s confession, new book on Havana Syndrome, Eric Prince Congo woes
Senior members of Russian intelligence are suspected of targeting exiled dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza in Washington, D.C.
Multiple Israeli security agency lapses mirror U.S. failures to prevent 9/11 attacks
The ShinyHunters cybertheft of FBI personnel files should be the last straw
Senior Senator calls for Saudis to “Come Clean” on agents who helped hijackers
The author of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” a World War Two combat veteran, saw Nazis up close as a German POW. Retrospective review by Peter Eisner for SpyTalk.
Russian agents, US Power Grid Sabotage Mystery, an Unlikely Ukrainian Assassin, ICE deal with Iran, Trump & Swalwell, CIA Pension backup, PanAm 103 & more
A compelling new biography traces the rise and fall of the “world’s first super-terrorist”
Plus this week: Trump as easy eavesdrop target, Dutch on Israeli infowar, CISA on Iran infil of U.S. water, CIA station chief goes crypto, "Hunt for Saddam" TV series
Keith Bass, former head of the CIA’s Medical Office, sued me for a million bucks. Substack's Defender program came to my aid.
Also this week: CIA & Mossad hunting for Khamenei, Trump tracking Comey, Iran hackers in U.S. water systems, best EU spy agencies, local police license-plate spying
Senate confirms legally unqualified Jay Clayton to head US Intelligence
CIA veterans urge the spy agency chief—and other senior IC officials—to publicly confront Trump on election lies, failed Iran War strategies, or resign.
ODNI leadership goes from putrid to passable with intelligence panel vote
Also: Pulte lobbied to name and smear CIA officials, DOJ activated long dormant secretive terrorism court, a high level real life spy yarn
China stepped up espionage, hacked Biden campaign, but didn’t engage in 2020 election interference, despite Trump claims. (Russia did—again.)
High drama ensued when Sen. Jon Ossoff began interrogating the DNI nominee
Trump, like Stalin, ignores facts and warnings to his—and our—great peril