Written by Stratfor's Scott StewartFriday, 09 December 2011

There has been a lot of talk in the press lately about a "cold war" being waged by the United States, Israel and other U.S. allies against Iran. Such a struggle is certainly taking place, but in order to place recent developments in perspective, it is important to recognize that the covert intelligence war against Iran…

Written by Reuters Friday, 02 December 2011

A Bill to let US spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel yesterday.

In a 17-1 vote, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence approved the legislation that would expand a pilot Pentagon programme for sharing classified and sensitive threat information…

In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or…

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya's feared former intelligence chief, was cornered and captured at a remote desert homestead on…

AFP – Sat, Nov 19, 2011

A North Korean spy has been arrested after arriving in South Koreaposing as a refugee, according to a report.

Authorities found during a routine background check that the man,…

By Zachary Roth | The…

Reuters in Washington|guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 November 2011

Military action against Iran could have "unintended…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

By CNN Senior State Department Producer Elise Labott

Source: CNN Security Clearance

The upcoming report by the International Atomic Energy Agency will make the…

By NOÉMIE BISSERBE

The Wall Street Journal

PARIS—Ilitch Ramírez Sánchez, better known under his alias Carlos the Jackal, is set to go on trial before a special French criminal…

Written by ReutersWednesday, 02 November 2011

Beijing has denied a US commission's claim that China may have been responsible for hacking incidents on US environment-monitoring satellites, saying the committee had “ulterior motives” in writing such a draft report.



At least two US environment-monitoring satellites were interfered with four or more times in 2007 and 2008 via a ground station in Norway, and…

By ISABEL KERSHNER and DAVID E. SANGER

Published: November 3, 2011 - The New York Times

JERUSALEM — …

By JOSH KRON

Published: November 1, 2011

The Washington Post

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Kenyan government said Tuesday that aircraft were delivering weapons to Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia, widening the international nature of a war that has already engulfed several African nations.

In a statement, the Kenyans said two planes landed Tuesday in the Somali town of Baidoa, which is under the control of the …

NBC News Report

MSNBC Contributor

By Pete Williams Justice correspondent

WASHINGTON — Four Georgia men in their 60s and 70s were arrested Tuesday, accused of being members of a right-wing militia group that plotted to attack federal office buildings and to disperse a…

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Anna Chapman wasn't just a member of one of the largest rings of Russian sleeper agents ever rolled up by the FBI, officials say. The 29-year-old former real estate agent, who became a lingerie model and corporate spokeswoman back in Moscow, represented a new breed of Russian spies adapted…

Rajaa Sharaffeddine's father, Shibli al-Aisamy, was kidnapped while visiting her home outside of Beirut. “We were really surprised by this operation,” Ms. Sharaffeddine said.

By NADA BAKRI

The NY TIMES

Published: November 1, 2011

BEIRUT,…

AFP- An Israeli businessman who has spent more than 14 years behind bars for selling chemical weapons to …

On Oct. 23, three days after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's last outpost, the National Transitional Council (NTC) officially declared the liberation of Libya. Though the NATO operation is not expected to end immediately, the Gadhafi regime is gone, the Libyan war is effectively over and the NTC is now moving to form a transitional government. 



Among those who have just declared victory, however, the coming months could see the outbreak of a new…

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | Reuters

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Arab League handed Syrian officials a plan for ending seven months of increasingly violent unrest againstPresident…

By Adam Ghassemi (News Channel 5)

PORTLAND, Tenn. – You're probably used to seeing TSA's signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR).

"Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate," said Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security Commissioner Bill…

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. diplomats arrived in Geneva on Sunday for talks with North Korean officials about Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months.…