http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/spies/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts The internal threat from Muslim extremists in the military extends to high-level Defense Department aides who have undermined military policy. In fact, one top Muslim adviser pushed out an intelligence analyst who warned of the sudden jihad syndrome that led to the Fort Hood terrorist attack. An honored guest of the Ramadan dinner at the Pentagon this September was Hesham Islam, who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Ring despite proven ties to U.S. terror front groups and a shady past in his native Egypt. As senior adviser for international affairs to former deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Islam ran... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406103/posts Part of Julia Child’s charm is that she nonchalantly became her own authority. One of my favorite quotes is her description of her “brand-new, super-duper” Chocolate Mousse Dessert Cake: “And here it is: Le Gâteau Victoire au Chocolat, Mousseline! One of the great chocolate cakes of all time, according to me.” Not, “in my opinion,” but “according to me.” Who says that? A master citing herself, that’s who. She restates this notion of self-authority in the same television segment, a guide to an intimate tableside cooking of Steak Diane: “So, as I said at the beginning before we started cooking,... Paul Klenk | The Official Site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406103/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:59:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266014/posts When I heard this on the radio on the drive home the first thing I thought was, I’ll bet they’re democrats (socialist) and huge Obama supporters. Walter Kendall Myers, 72, aided by his wife Gwendolyn Myers, 71, used his Top Secret security clearance to pass on classified information to the Cuban government and at one point met with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, according to court documents. The two were charged with conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government and to communicate classified information to Cuba, the Justice Department said. They were also charged with wire fraud and... dequalss http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266014/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 04:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382080/posts Three American hikers who have been detained in Iran after crossing into the country from Iraq have been charged with espionage, according to reports by Iran's State News Agency. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, have been detained in Iran since July 31. Their families say they entered the Islamic Republic accidentally while hiking in a scenic area of northern Iraq. The families, who have had no contact with the detainees, released videos in October that showed them dancing and singing before they were captured by Iranian authorities. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382080/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367660/posts After seven years of forced silence, a government whistleblower is opening up on what she learned while working as a Turkish translator for the FBI in the wake of 9/11. In sworn testimony to attorneys on Aug. 8, Sibel Edmonds described a Pentagon where key personnel helped pass defense secrets to foreign agents or provided them names of knowledgeable officials who were vulnerable to blackmail or co-option. And firmly rooted in this espionage program in the 1990s, according to Edmonds’ deposition, were two men who, with the election of George W. Bush as president in 2000, found themselves in the... Military.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367660/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:33:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363572/posts Muslim-American interns who have served in Congress should be respected, and not subject to questions about their patriotism, House Judciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) said Thursday. Responding to allegations from Republican lawmakers that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sought to plant Muslim "spies" in the Capitol, Conyers issued a scathing statement on his colleagues' accusations. "It shouldn't need to be said in 2009, and after the historic election of our first African-American president, but let me remind all my colleagues that patriotic Americans of all races, religions, and beliefs have the right - and the responsibility - to... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363572/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:16:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357329/posts Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11. Part of her job was to translate and transcribe recordings of conversations between suspected Turkish intelligence agents and their American contacts. She was fired from the FBI in April 2002 after she raised concerns that one of the translators in her section was a member of a Turkish organization that was under investigation for bribing senior government officials and members of Congress, drug trafficking, illegal weapons sales, money laundering, and nuclear proliferation. She appealed her termination,... The American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357329/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352094/posts A Guest Blog By RONALD RADOSH I noticed the controversy over the late Senator McCarthy in the comments column at NewsReal. It is a mistake for conservatives to think that just because McCarthy's targets were real, the Senator did no harm. Stan Evans has contributed mightily to this confusion in his recent book Blacklisted By History. NewsReal readers may be interested in my review.There were Communist spies, and they did infiltrate the U.S. Government at the highest levels during the New Deal years of F.D.R.’s presidency. While the U.S. treated the Soviet Union as an ally during the war against... David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352094/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:13:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351259/posts SPY THREAT: CATCH AND RELEASE -- A Veteran Counterintelligence Officer Warns America International News Analysis Today September 30, 2009 By Toby Westerman America is about to be forced into a dangerous game of catch and release with deadly spies, threatening both national security and the morale of the U.S. intelligence community, warns veteran counterintelligence officer Christopher Simmons in a exclusive interview with International News Analysis Today. Christopher Simmons is director and founder of the Cuban Intelligence Research Center. International coercion, attacks on national security, lies and misinformation spread in the media, and the murder of American citizens are part of... INATODAY.com - INTERNATIONAL NEWS TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351259/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:47:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349849/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Jury Convicts Defense Department Official of Unlawful Communication of Classified Information and Making False Statements James Wilbur Fondren Jr., was convicted by a federal jury today on charges involving providing classified information to a man working with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and lying to the FBI about it. Fondren was convicted of one count of unlawfully communicating classified information to an agent of a foreign government and two counts of making false statements to the FBI. He was acquitted of two unlawful communication of classified information, one count of conspiracy to... US DOJ.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349849/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:16:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345470/posts Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11. Part of her job was to translate and transcribe recordings of conversations between suspected Turkish intelligence agents and their American contacts. She was fired from the FBI in April 2002 after she raised concerns that one of the translators in her section was a member of a Turkish organization that was under investigation for bribing senior government officials and members of Congress, drug trafficking, illegal weapons sales, money laundering, and nuclear proliferation. She appealed her termination,... American Conservatve http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345470/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:50:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333970/posts I have now read for a second time the testimony of the apparently credible Sibel Edmonds. Based on her testimony, the only conclusion one can reach is that a Turkish government spy ring, perhaps acting for the interests of Turkey, perhaps as a cutout spy ring acting for the interests of another country or some combination of both, has infiltrated, in a massive way, "high levels of the United States government". We are talking about the Pentagon, the State Department and Congress. It is mind boggling that there is not major league front page coverage. 24 hour cable coverage. I... Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333970/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332639/posts The common ancestor of all the Granny Smiths and Cox's Orange Pippins still grows on some of the world's most beautiful but little known mountainsides in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. The discovery of the "Garden of Eden" in Central Asia has triggered efforts to save what remains of the forests, always known for their abundance of wild fruit. Once under assault by Soviet agricultural planners, they are now menaced by the wealth of oil capitalism and as much as 80 per cent has disappeared. "In earlier historical times there were vast mixed fruit forests across the area," said... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332639/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 03:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329686/posts Spies Among Us by: Brittany Fortier, September 01, 2009 The world of espionage has been full of danger and intrigue, but today it draws criticism from those who question both the capabilities and usefulness of intelligence gathering. It seems the American Left it still in denial as to the extent of the danger posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, authors of the new book Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, had the opportunity to study the notebooks of Alexander Vassiliev, a former Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) officer... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329686/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2327545/posts The Soviet Union was never comfortable living in the same world with the Vatican. The most recent disclosures document that the Kremlin was prepared to go to any lengths to counter the Catholic Church’s strong anti-Communism. In March 2006 an Italian parliamentary commission concluded “beyond any reasonable doubt that the leaders of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate the pope Karol Wojtyla,” in retaliation for his support to the dissident Solidarity movement in Poland. In January 2007, when documents disclosed that the newly appointed archbishop of Warsaw, Stanislaw Wielgus, had collaborated with Poland’s Communist-era political police, he admitted... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2327545/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:05:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2317087/posts SNIPPET: "Poor Ayman. He's concerned that there are spies in the forums, and posts a warning at as-Ansar:" SNIPPET: "Above the list of six things to look for, the expert spy-catcher has posted an image. A large animated question mark:" INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2317087/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2309957/posts SNIPPET: "Of course, one can't rule out that the "spy" is a real jihadi, and that the erstwhile spy-catchers are really working for Jordanian intelligence." INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2309957/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:39:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294875/posts If It Ain’t Broke… By Norma Zager “God bless America, our soldiers and spies. They risk their lives so ours may be safe.” Norma Zager “Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.” John Adams What is Terror? Few hear ba bum ba bum, the opening notes from Jaws and fail to think of a fin cruising through the water on a hunt for human munchies. Everyone understands the terror of Jimmy... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294875/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291495/posts Up till now, this has been a notably cheerful year for admirers of Ernest Hemingway – a surprisingly diverse set of people who range from Michael Palin to Elmore Leonard. Almost every month has brought good news: a planned Hemingway biopic; a new, improved version of his memoir, A Moveable Feast; the opening of a digital archive of papers found in his Cuban home; progress on a movie of Islands in the Stream. Last week, however, saw the publication of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America (Yale University Press), which reveals the Nobel prize-winning novelist was... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291495/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:37:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289259/posts A new book published by Al Qaeda shows that the terrorist group is under intense pressure and in "deathly fear" of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Pakistan, terror experts say. The 150-page book, titled "Guide to the Laws Regarding Muslim Spies," was recently posted on jihadist Web sites. It was written by a senior Al Qaeda commander, Abu Yahya Al-Libi, and features an introduction by Ayman Al-Zawahri, the No. 2 man in Al Qaeda. The book accuses some in Al Qaeda's ranks of being spies who provide intelligence, including information about Al Qaeda camps and safehouses, to U.S. forces. According to... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289259/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:33:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463062/posts August 14, 2005 -- LONDON — The $21.3 billion United Nations oil-for-food scandal has now widened to include the brother of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kobina Annan, the Ghanaian ambassador to Morocco, is said by investigators to be "connected" to an African businessman at the center of the scandal. The probe into Kobina's dealings are at an early stage and he has not been interviewed. However, investigators are understood to suspect that Michael Wilson, an African businessman, and Kobina had a business relationship at the time of the scandal. A source close to the investigation said: "We believe Kobina Annan... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463062/posts#comment Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:05:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286034/posts To think that Boris and Natasha lived right here in South Dakota, and we didn't even know it! Recently, Walter Kendall Myers and Gwendolyn Steingraber-Trebilcock-Myers - a couple who once lived in Aberdeen - were arrested for spying. The news rocked the nation. Well, actually, the nation immediately forgot the story. Still, South Dakota hasn't forgotten. It's not every day suspected spies are found traipsing through your own neighborhood. The espionage likely started after they left Aberdeen, but you still wonder if that abandoned shopping cart you saw in aisle 8 of Kessler's might have contained a coded message. The... Aberdeen American News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286034/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:52:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278419/posts A reproduction of a page of ROK newspaper Munhwa Ilbo shows stories and pictures of Kim Jong-un, the DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's third son. [Agencies] SEOUL, South Korea: Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Il has put his youngest son in charge of the country's spy agency as a prelude to handing over control of the country, a news report said Wednesday. Kim visited the headquarters of the State Security Department in March, along with his 26-year-old son, Kim Jong Un, and told agency leaders to "uphold" his third son as head of the department,... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278419/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275869/posts To the list of collegiate types -- nerds, jocks, Greeks -- add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they'll be hard to spot. The Obama administration has proposed the creation of an intelligence officer training program in colleges and universities that would function much like the Reserve Officers' Training Corps run by the military services. The idea is to create a stream "of first- and second-generation Americans, who already have critical language and cultural knowledge, and prepare them for careers in the intelligence agencies," according to a description sent to Congress by Director of National Intelligence Dennis... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275869/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274982/posts SNIPPET: "Frontpage Interview's guest today is Konstantin Preobrazhenskiy, a former KGB agent who became one of the KGB’s harshest critics. He is the author of seven books about the KGB and Japan. His new book is KGB/FSB's New Trojan Horse: Americans of Russian Descent." SNIPPET: "My work in Tokyo as a spy from 1980-85, was very successful. I was covered as a correspondent of the Soviet TASS Agency. But it was not a cover for me. It was my actual job, because I am a born author. My KGB colleagues in Tokyo called me, with a grin, “An author covered... FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274982/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:22:17 GMT