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HUMINT is rarely and rightly not a public topic in an active conflict, so I was interested to hear a short talk on Israeli HUMINT in the Second Intifada (September 2000 – 8 February 2005). Which...

HUMINT is rarely and rightly not a public topic in an active conflict, so I was interested to hear a short talk on Israeli HUMINT in the Second Intifada (September 2000 – 8 February 2005). Which...

A review of Bergman's book by an Indian intelligence professional; it is sub-titled:
Link:https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/caesarias-misdirected-stabs/300850

Cross-posted on the intelligence analysis thread. Note this is a free, online book (222 pgs) and not read here yet.:(

An offering from an ex-IDF officer via the ITIC and the recommendation is...

An officially assisted Mossad burglary story in the NYT, although the documents may show that Iran had ceased nuclear weapon developments....

A short BBC News item that is self-explanatory and interesting to note Mr Segev was extradited form Equatorial Guinea, not Nigeria where he had been practicing. In the past Israel had good relations...

Following the suspected assassination in Malaysia of a Hamas scientist Al-Jazeera has a story that links Ronen Bergman's book 'Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted...

Ronen Bergman's new book 'Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations' is reviewed in WaPo, the thread title is the review's author's.

A...

From Vanity Fair:Link:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-intel-slip?

I recall the earlier reporting, this appears to be more detailed. Even devastating.

A difficult paper to absorb 'The lack of in-depth understanding about objects researched by the intelligence community' by a former Israeli intelligence officer and author....

Via an Israeli paper an article based on the public comments of the Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzi...

An eighteen page paper 'Crucial Warning Goes Unheeded;The Story of a Forgotten Intelligence Episode, October 5, 1973' from the Meir Amit...

Worth a read and the sub-title:
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12196869/Meir-Dagan-Israeli-spy-chief-obituary.html

This photo explains much of his motivation...

A remarkable Australian interview with the film's director, with splices of the film (10 mins):

Hat tip to Lowy...

The Gatekeepers is superb, well worth watching and it is amazing that six Shin Bet (internal security agency) directors agreed to be interviewed on film. Several times being pressed gently, notably...

JMA part post:

There is a thread on drones - mainly to do with Pakistan and IIRC this point has appeared there. Whatever the Pakistani state says they have give consent, as has been made clear in...

Bearing in mind the past. From the BBC:

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10883014

A surprising development: BBC link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia_pacific/10302022.stm and The Daily Telegraph...

Here are two UK reports on the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat in London:

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A different analysis:http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-26/mystery-surrounding-an-assassination-in-dubai-deepens/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL5

I like the point why expose so many...

Jon,

I expect that Dubai uses the standard passport scanning IT so often seen at airports around the world. IIRC Dubai as an international airline hub is required by the US DHS to have such...

There is a very long, sometimes confusing and full of interesting points on this murder on:http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/02/al-mabhouh_assa.html

A fascinating update from Dubai, picked up by the BBC too; photos of the suspects, the use of an Iowa, USA bank's credit cards and charts on the travel pattern: Dubai link...

The Dubai police CCTV compilation is on Abu M:http://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2010/02/speaking-ct.html

There are pictures of a time chart and a few other details.

One clear gap is whether...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7253413/Dubai-Hamas-assassination-a-smiling-killer-and-mystery-of-forged-UK-passports.html

Trade craft?