U.S. SPY AGENCY HAPPENINGS!- Issue 5

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): The head of the CIA’s Counter­terrorism Center, who presided over the agency’s drone campaign and directed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, is being removed from his post.

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U.S. Intelligence Community (IC): Secret files held by Yemeni security forces that contain details of American intelligence operations in the country have been looted by Iran-backed militia leaders, exposing names of confidential informants and plans for U.S.-backed counter-terrorism strikes.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation should expand its intelligence work at home and abroad to meet the threats from international criminals, terror groups and so-called lone-wolf attackers, according to a report examining how the agency has changed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): Woman working for CIA and killed in action revealed by CIA. Warren Robbins can say something his late parents wanted to reveal but never could: his sister, Barbara, who died in the service of her country, was working for the CIA. Barbara Robbins, then 21, died in the Viet Cong bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam 50 years ago Monday.

Barbara Robbins- Woman CIA officer killed in action

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National Security Council (NSA): The NSA eavesdropped on Israeli officials and overheard them discussing intelligence their own spies had gathered by spying on U.S. officials talking about the Iran negotiations.

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DARPA Near Zero Sensor Operation

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA): DARPA created a program called Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations (N-Zero), which builds a network of sensors that can determine what to pay attention to and when. They will have an innate ability to detect specific frequency signatures such as the presence of a particular vehicle type or radio communications protocol. The specialized batteries in these devices will last for years on end and roughly 1,500 of them will be positioned around Afghanistan, and most likely elsewhere in the Middle East.

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Robert Morton, Ed., Ed.S. is a member of the Association Of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and writes the online spy novel series "Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster in the Caribbean".  The views expressed on this site do not represent those of any organization he is a member of. Contact him on the Secure Contact Form