@cdarwin@c.imA former CIA officer
who helped lead the intelligence assessments over alleged Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election
has said Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence,
is ignorant of the practices of espionage
after she accused Barack Obama and his national security team of
“treasonous conspiracy” against Donald Trump.
Susan Miller, the agency’s head of counter-intelligence at the time of the election,
told the Guardian th…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeI have vague memories of reading years ago about a weapon called a "photic driver" consisting of an LED or strobe or laser array flashing in patterns deliberately crafted to induce photosensitive seizures and disorientation (not just a conventional dazzler intended primarily to interfere with the target's vision).
I have no idea if it was a failed CIA project, a sci-fi plot element, something some military or police department actually fielded, etc.
Anybody ever hea…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump, Gabbard purged top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/27/cia-officer-russia-trump-gabbard/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU2MjY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU3NjQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTYyNjcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjYwOTg2NTA3LWYyN2ItNDIwNS04M2Y4LTQyNTExYWYyYjZlZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzA4LzI3L2NpYS1vZmZpY2VyLXJ1c3NpYS10cnVtcC1nYWJiYXJkLyJ9.njt1LpTXcmcNBgM_8SLH_y92llCplGVWBPFHdC2I4FQ&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p144#a250827p144
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caWhat do you think? Did Venezuela just “thwart” a false flag?
“Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.
It claims the US would have blamed Venezuela for the attack on the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer, to justify aggression against it.”
Australia Broadcasting reporting: #usa #venezuela #war
@qbi@freie-re.de
@newsie@darktundra.xyz‘Three Days of the Condor’ At 50: A Classic Conspiracy Thriller And Whistleblower Film https://thedissenter.org/three-days-of-the-condor-at-50-a-classic-conspiracy-thriller-and-whistleblower-film/
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageCIA TA Risk Assessment for AI Reasoning Vulnerabilities
Yuksel Aydin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15839 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15839
@ErikUden@mastodon.deim 100% certain all CIA operations are a thing of the past and disinformation, funding militias, and conducting global media manipulation or surveillance do not happen today
https://youtu.be/R6jh0kzyieo
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialYup, this could become VietNam all over again...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html
And, of course, when the US meddles in foreign countries, foreign countries feel justified in meddling…
@benb@osintua.euPutin is 'obstacle to peace,' retired US General Petraeus says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/25/putin-is-obstacle-to-peace.html
@cdarwin@c.im"King" Trump has signed what’s called a “presidential finding,”
or a classified directive authorizing covert action, against the regime of Venezuelan ruler Nicolšs Maduro.
This would allow the CIA to conduct “lethal operations in Venezuela”
as well as “a range of operations in the Caribbean,” according to the Times.
Covert action could be taken “either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation.”
@villavelius@mastodon.online"[The Dutch] security services have curtailed their sharing of intelligence with their American counterparts, including the CIA and NSA."
https://open.substack.com/pub/alexzfinley/p/the-dutch-stop-going-dutch-with-the?r=8k45…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCIA playing 'most important part' in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say (Aram Roston/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p117#a251021p117
@servelan@newsie.social'Sick': DOJ under fire over new deportation plan for Abrego Garcia - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2674231537/
@heiseonline@social.heise.deOracle-Gründer Larry Ellison reichster Mensch der Welt
Die Welt hat einen neuen Mann mit dem zuvielsten Reichtum: Es ist der Mitgründer einer Firma, deren erster Kunde die CIA war.
https://www.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzContractor Used Classified CIA Systems as ‘His Own Personal Google’ https://www.404media.co/contractor-used-classified-cia-systems-as-his-own-personal-google/
@grumpybozo@toad.socialNot to downplay the seriousness of the many crimes of the CIA, however the bulk of their work is in gathering and analyzing information, rather than in the covert action side. And for all their well-known *failures* in the pure intelligence side, they mostly do it well.
Everything has a caveat. The existence of black and white is an evil myth.
@cdarwin@c.imTulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence,
did not inform the White House that her office was revoking the security clearances of 37 people
– including top deputies to the CIA director, John Ratcliffe
– before it happened last month, according to three people familiar with matter.
The move caused consternation because it resulted in the White House not having an opportunity to closely vet the list before it became public and there appeared to be no paper tr…
@servelan@newsie.socialEx-CIA director calls Jim Jordan a Trump 'supplicant' in response to criminal referral - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/john-brennan-trump-doj/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump says he has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/15/trump-cia-venezuela-maduro-drug-cartel/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p11#a251016p11
@matematico314@social.linux.pizzaNem quando o viciado em comprar livros vai pra farmšcia ele se livra das tentações. Aí deu nisso. 😬
@cjust@infosec.exchange
@gfriend@mas.toThe most effective way to destroy an organization is to make it more bureaucratic. In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, was aware of this. What they didn't know was that their blueprint for sabotaging Nazi operations would become the operating manual for modern corporations.
https://www.alephic.com/sabotage
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialDevia ser uma medida de toda a União.
(embora eu tenha dúvidas sobre a sua eficšcia: como é que se garante que o produto identificado como vindo de fora dos colonatos não foi produzido nos colonatos?)
https://masto.pt/@EsquerdaNet/115186251820118762
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela (Aamer Madhani/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cia-covert-operations-venezuela-ecb477ac7f07d5beaf48d44dee75c5e5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p5#a251016p5
@cdarwin@c.imA senior CIA officer who oversaw Russia analysis
has been stripped of her security clearance,
part of a sweeping removal of
37 serving and former officials accused of "betray[ing] their oath to the Constitution," the Economist reported on Aug. 21.
The officer, who served as the CIA’s top Russia and Eurasia analyst during the 2016 election
and helped produce the report detailing Moscow’s interference on behalf of Donald Trump,
was among the most s…
@qbi@freie-re.deKennt ihr diese Skulptur?
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's response to 'No Kings' marches only proved the protesters' point (Stephen Collinson/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/politics/trump-no-kings-protests-vance-cia-analysis
http://www.memeorandum.com/251020/p5#a251020p5
@poppastring@dotnet.socialPrompt Attacks Against LLM-Powered Assistants in Production Are Practical and Dangerous
#security #llm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12175
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukI watched Tenet last night; it's an OK Time travelish film crossed with a spy thing.
A slight twist (which gives an opportunity for some fun special effects) With the normal mix of time confusion etc.
BBC iPlayer has it free for the next 13 days in the UK (which is how I watched it) - I'd been watching out for it since it got released during Covid and I wasn't going to go to a cinema for it.
@benb@osintua.euSchool in occupied Ukraine named after son of CIA official who fought for Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/10/school-in-occupied-ukraine-named.html
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageInvitation Is All You Need! Promptware Attacks Against LLM-Powered Assistants in Production Are Practical and Dangerous
Ben Nassi, Stav Cohen, Or Yair
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12175
@servelan@newsie.socialC.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/michael-ellis-cia-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU8.Wq-f.0YADh2QSo3kp
@cdarwin@c.im"If you announce that you’re going to have covert CIA action, it’s no longer covert,”
Rand Paul said to host Kristen Welker.
“So if you’re going to spy on a country you usually don’t announce that you’re going to spy on a country."
https://c.im/@cdarwin/115401672627750240
@memeorandum@universeodon.comA C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault (John Schwartz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p23#a251016p23
@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.pageMARTA: The connection between chemical enrichment, feedback, and dust in a Wolf-Rayet galaxy at z${\sim}$2
Mirko Curti, Elisa Cataldi, Francesco Belfiore, Bianca Moreschini, Magda Arnaboldi, Martyna Chru\'sli\'nska, Filippo Mannucci, Alessandro Marconi, Quirino D'Amato, Stefano Carniani, William M. Baker, Annalisa De Cia, Nimisha Kumari, Amirnezam Amiri, Giovanni Cresci, Chiaki Kobayashi, Fergus Cullen, Anna Feltre, Roberto Maiolino
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTulsi Gabbard declassified documents over objections from CIA, sources say (Dan De Luce/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/tulsi-gabbard-declassified-documents-objections-cia-sources-say-rcna223548
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p146#a250806p146
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialTIL que hš na Crošcia um partido político chamado, em tradução bastante fiel, "Dalija Orešković e Pessoas com Nome e Apelido"
😂
Faz lembrar aqueles partidos do Herman Enciclopédia. 😂
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageGuardianPWA: Enhancing Security Throughout the Progressive Web App Installation Lifecycle
Mengxiao Wang, Guofei Gu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13561 https://
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFragments of 2003 Cable Detail Torture in a Secret C.I.A. Prison (Carol Rosenberg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/cia-torture-black-sites.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p57#a251013p57
@cdarwin@c.imTrump on Wednesday appeared to confirm that he authorized the CIA to carry out operations in Venezuela,
an escalation into his administration’s targeting of authoritarian leader Nicolšs Maduro
https://thehill.com/homenews/5557409-trump-venezuela-covert-operation…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWorkers Fleeing Immigration Raid Scale a Fence at the C.I.A. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/ice-cia-raid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08.LUl5.R_0cJ4OJI6A0&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p3#a250911p3
@memeorandum@universeodon.comC.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency's Top Legal Official With Himself (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/michael-ellis-cia-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251006/p132#a251006p132
@cdarwin@c.imAs the federal government begins to implement President Trump’s new national security directive
to investigate the so-called
radical left as domestic terrorists,
a little known FBI organization,
located in an affluent and leafy suburb of Northern Virginia,
is at the center of it all.
Based just seven miles from CIA headquarters,
the Threat Screening Center
has a secret budget and a classified personnel count.
The nondescript cluster of g…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caGood article about what seems like the inevitable.
“So, this really looks, walks and talks like a regime-change preparation”
#USA #Invasion #Venezuela #regimeChange #theAmericanFascist
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/politics/cia-venezuela-trump-castro-noriega-analysis?cid=ios_app
@cdarwin@c.imFormer CIA paramilitary officer Joe Kent
— who has said members of the Movement for Black Lives should be treated as terrorists, peddled conspiracy theories about the January 6 insurrection, and once earned the endorsement of white supremacist Nick Fuentes
— will be leading the National Counterterrorism Center.
Kent has most recently served as acting chief of staff for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
He’s railed against Black Lives Matter protesters a…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comInside the CIA's secret fight against Mexico's drug cartels (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-cias-secret-fight-against-mexicos-drug-cartels-2025-09-10/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p107#a250910p107
