The United Arab Emirates, arguably one of Washington’s most trusted Arab allies, has gamed US foreign policy by meddling in the American political system using both legal and illegal tactics, intelligence officials have reportedly claimed in a classified report. The activities in question spanned multiple US administrations and exploited “vulnerabilities” …
Read More »Ukraine and US increased intel-sharing prior to counteroffensive – NYT
Ukraine had stepped up intelligence-sharing with the US in preparation for its counteroffensive against the Russian forces in the Kharkov Region, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Despite Washington providing information on Russian command posts, ammunition depots and other targets to Kiev, Ukrainian officials had been reluctant earlier in …
Read More »US intel sets out possible scenarios for Ukraine
Hostilities in Ukraine will most likely continue for the foreseeable future unless Ukrainian forces collapse and Russia achieves its goals, a US intelligence assessment said on Wednesday. A peaceful resolution is currently impossible, American officials believe. The gloomy prediction was made by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a …
Read More »Germany sleepwalking into war with Russia – former intel chief
Hans-Georg Maassen, who from 2012-18 was president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany’s domestic security agency, has warned that the country is “sleepwalking” into a direct military confrontation with Russia by delivering weapons to Ukraine. Appearing on TV Berlin’s ‘Special’ program last Wednesday, Maassen said …
Read More »US recruits ISIS terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russian intel says
The US has been “actively recruiting” terrorists to fight in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday, saying that it illustrates Washington’s readiness “to use any means to achieve its geopolitical goals.” The SVR revealed in a statement that, according to the intelligence it is receiving, “the United …
Read More »Pentagon denies sharing intel with Ukraine to ‘kill’ Russian generals
The Pentagon has denied media reports suggesting it had shared intelligence with Ukraine to specifically target high-ranking Russian military officials. “The United States provides battlefield intelligence to help Ukraine defend their country,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said during a media briefing on Thursday. At the same time, Kirby admitted …
Read More »US expands intel-sharing with Ukraine – media
US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has reportedly lifted some restrictions on intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, sources told Bloomberg on Wednesday, adding that the expanded trade in information is aimed at helping Kiev seize the breakaway republics of the Donbass. The source claimed Haines told Congress about the expanded intel-sharing after Congressman …
Read More »US intel community killed its own credibility by revealing its Ukraine policies
The US intelligence community has long claimed that integrity in the search for truth was its core value. In March 1992, Robert Gates, who at that time was serving as director of Central Intelligence, addressed the CIA’s analytical community on the issue of politicized intelligence. “Bourne Cockran [note: an Irish-American …
Read More »Putin ‘sent orders to invade,’ media claim, citing ‘US intel’
Washington is again amping up predictions that a Russian invasion of Ukraine will proceed at any moment, this time based on “intelligence” reports that Moscow has already given military commanders orders to proceed with the attack, US media outlets claimed on Sunday. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he …
Read More »Claims of a Russian invasion of Ukraine weren’t based on hard intel – ex-MI6 chief
An unprecedented number of public statements from Western spies insisting that Russia may be about to launch an invasion of Ukraine are likely to be based more on what analysts thought Moscow was about to do, rather than evidence that it was about to do it, in an information campaign …
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