- .@handrewscwartz We could learn something from China's economic HUMINT collection – vast and shallow wins if you can aggregate
- Its like catching a thief in the act and then helping him carry your TV to his car MT @handrewschwartz @BlogsofWar amazing what is stolen!
- .@handrewschwartz China absorbs an amazing amount of IP through relationships, academic partnerships, etc. Amazing what we give away
- RT @intelwire: Blasts hit two Nigerian newspaper offices http://t.co/yXprOMre
- RT @BBCAfrica: Proceedings for the verdict in the #CharlesTaylor trial have now opened in The Hague.
- RT @AJEnglish: US 'expands Yemen drone strikes policy' http://t.co/YQ7YfrIi
- The doritos shell taco… MT @jeffemanuel: "North Korea is armed with "powerful modern weapons" capable of defeating the United States"
- Agree RT @mrossletters: @robertcaruso You're on fire today Robert. Applause
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/pya29086 ? Top stories today via @nkwitness @caidid @drfarls @pricefloyd
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Need to Know: April 25, 2012
- RT @caidid I wrote about Bahrain for CNN/GPS: http://t.co/sjl65ofd
- RT @natlsecuritycnn Judge denies Bradley Manning request to dismiss all charges, reports @shaughnessycnn. #Wikileaks
- Easy solution for this one.. RT @jeffemanuel Exclusive: Half Iran tanker fleet storing oil at sea http://t.co/g0MHksTS via @reuters
- I don't always reverse engineer drones, but when I do….. http://t.co/OFSxybdK
- RT @latlongpacific IRGC's aerospace commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh discusses reverse engineering of the RQ170 Lenz Iran – http://t.co/1y8wJOy8
- RT @smallwars @peterjmunson reviews Owen West's "The Snake Eaters" http://t.co/5BNoHX4L
- RT @handrewschwartz Former top CIA China analyst discusses BXL ouster/scandal in this 5 min intv. Watch here http://t.co/H6EXeycR
- MT @northkoreatech New song playing on North Korean radio: "All of us will become human rifles and bombs." Seriously. http://t.co/C3l0Tn0d
- MT @robertcaruso You can debate Iran's influence in the Americas. I defer to analysts & specialists. But they're there. That = not debatable
- North Korea ThreatStream updated to monitor possible #nuclear test – http://t.co/K1XXYows #DPRK
- Area is too dangerous for them – RT @El_Grillo1 Counter-terrorism official: No Hizballah training camps in Detroit http://t.co/wSPq15Kf
- RT @mpoppel If it is any indication, North Korea's previous two nuclear tests both happened at around 0100 GMT
- RT @blakehounshell Could be tonight RT @thomaswright08: Word today is US officials believe a North Korean nuclear test is imminent.
- RT @intelwire FBI chief in Yemen, drone kills AQAP leader http://t.co/JPUlPN9a
- .@Max_Fisher "This site is run by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan" via @northkoreatech – http://t.co/sCDrF2tm
- .@Max_Fisher Not sure why KCNA still maintains the Japanese server. Good question. @northkoreatech may know.
- See http://t.co/bAfmKRxy – RT @Max_Fisher Why does the North Korean news agency, KCNA, use a .co.jp address? http://t.co/APzVbDda
- Sticky links to @mrossletters @joshuafoust @steven_metz and @DaveedGR interviews added to the top of http://t.co/x9LmZZSB – more on the way.
- RT @SpyTalker Govt Wants More Time to Respond to #CIA #Drone #FOIA Case: http://t.co/1wtcFxUH
- RT @intelwire Senate Review of CIA Interrogation Program “Nearing Completion” http://t.co/ELi4YYCp
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/pya29086 ? Top stories today via @azelin @tomfinn2 @parafille @joshrogin @kursed
- RT @latlongpacific Karim Sadjadpour examines the strictness of Shia Islam in Iran and its stunning exceptions. http://t.co/7EpyGNVW
- RT @natlsecuritycnn How close is #NorthKorea to doing another nuclear test? http://t.co/uoafwiFx
- RT @kursed The 'Missile Woman' behind #India #039;s Agni V test launch – http://t.co/Pf9geXs6
- RT @parafille New @DeptofDefense Intelligence Gathering Service http://t.co/Lf0XRdPk "greater value through integration" (via @nytimes)
North Korea Could Test Nuclear Weapon as Early as Tuesday Evening
MSNBC’s sources seem fairly certain that this test is going to go down soon – if not in the next few hours:
North Korea could carry out an underground test of a nuclear weapon as early as Tuesday night as the North’s reclusive leadership dramatically tries to up the stakes with the U.S. and the West, U.S. officials told NBC News.
U.S. officials say North Korea may already have an arsenal between 12 and a “few dozen” far more advanced weapons, many more than generally believed.
The officials couldn’t be specific on a date for the test, but they told NBC News they were “100 percent” certain there would be a nuclear test within the next two weeks or “at any time.”
I’ve updated the North Korea ThreatStream to monitor tweets about North Korea’s nuclear program and any potential test. You might want to keep an eye on it this evening.
Need to Know: April 24, 2012
- @hardoulstation @joshuafoust Google "drone strike map" and you'll find a few different efforts.
- RT @FP_Magazine What happens when the world's most secretive company goes public? http://t.co/RKY3vb7e
- RT @CustosDivini #Canada Provides $6M for Libyan Chemical Weapons Disposal http://t.co/3E0GDgwf #WMD #news
- RT @joshuafoust Fun times: a Google Map of authorized domestic drone deployments https://t.co/gmUgmmcA
- RT @switch_d Airline refuses to refund dying Veteran's ticket http://t.co/czIyCVHP @SpiritAirlines @wwpinc #SpriritAirlinesSUCKS
- That Ubiquitous Metallic Beverage Coaster idea finally pays off – MT @incaladyp Facebook pays $550M for AOL patents http://t.co/yf2NyvY1
- RT @IDCsync Multiple Milestones In Range For Fleet’s UAVs – Navy Times http://t.co/AtiZSs0s
- RT @handrewschwartz NYTimes reports BXL's family quietly amassed a fortune est at over $160 million http://t.co/mrQQPIA2
- RT @El_Grillo1 The threat of Boko Haram for Nigeria, Africa, and beyond – Threat Matrix http://t.co/g6E2YwCd via @sharethis
- @El_Grillo1 @mrossletters It is effective. You'll think twice before cheating a guy who brings a 5 gallon gas can to a card game.
- @mrossletters @El_Grillo1 Looking forward to your new book "Bandana Your Unibrow – Tradecraft Gems They Don't Teach You in Training."
- @mrossletters Good read. Nothing gets past you does it?
- @mrossletters They looked pretty shifty to me.
- A new interview is in the works for Blogs of War. It's going to be very very cool.
- RT @El_Grillo1 At Least 11 Militants Killed In Dagestan, Chechnya http://t.co/ILUlaiYO
- FPS Russian with a fake but still awesome machine gun quadrotor – http://t.co/7d8zxgga
- Hackers claims credit for CIA website going offline – http://t.co/PZ98f32B
- Egypt's request to arrest Americans rejected by Interpol http://t.co/OyENjeRm
- RT @IsraelinUSA A very warm Twitter welcome to #Israel #039;s Ambassador to the US @AmbassadorOren!
- First Woman Tapped To Lead Spy Satellite Agency: Exclusive http://t.co/bxDObSFU via @AOLDefense
- RT @CustosDivini Apparently there are rumors #Chavez has died, #Venezuela denies it via @RT_com & @Reuters // #news
- #Iran ThreatStream – tracking the government, nuclear program, and internal conflict – http://t.co/PnVWfNif
- MT @El_Grillo1 Iranian Officials Confirm Oil Ministry Cyber-attacked http://t.co/g0ynvEUj virus attempted to delete all data from computers
- Anti-Jihadist raid through #Italy Italian convert arrested http://t.co/6RQJpWXi
- KCNA at its finest: "The rat-like group of bastards living in ditches in the area along the River Han are persisting in their mischief."
- RT @mrossletters Cofer Black deserves lot of credit for ruthlessly shutting down IRGC/Hizballah in the Balkans well before he headed up CTC
- @DIBradshaw My friends in Denver think I'm obsessed with their airport…
- Now waiting for the flood of breathless media reports about the "new secret military spy force!"
- @emptywheel Or all of the above…
Need to Know: April 23, 2012
- From the Dozier piece: "several hundred case officers will make up the new Defense Clandestine Service"
- RT @intelwire Breaking: Sami Hassoun pleads guilty to attempted bombing in Chicago, here's his plea agreement http://t.co/QlV5Z5az
- RT @natlsecuritycnn Obama targets Iran and Syria's use of technologies to track down opposition over the internet http://t.co/8tE5aAUC
- MT @SpyScroll Who Is Michael Flynn?: The Pentagon's top spy agency, like the rest… http://t.co/VJT2sJ5M
- RT @Galrahn RT @BBCWorld: Iranian oil terminal "offline" after "malware attack" http://t.co/NZvWVttE #Iran
- Some poor transcriber earned a one way ticket to a #DPRK gulag with this one (or worse) http://t.co/vrPjI6zB
- Yes, we noticed the spike in their balsa wood imports – MT @latlongpacific Iran reports it has started assembly of drone copied from RQ-170
- North Korea ThreatStream – http://t.co/K1XXYows #DPRK
- @El_Grillo1 If that…
- English translation of the threat from North Korea – http://t.co/ptFnLL7u #DPRK
- MT @W7VOA Some sources I'm speaking with (jn & out of gov't) speculate threat could indicate plan for big cyber attack on #ROK from #DPRK
- RT @W7VOA The threat was broadcast on (North) Korean Central TV at 0412 UTC.
- RT @W7VOA DPRK: Attack on #ROK will be carried out by "special operation action unit" under the military high command. #Korea
- MT @W7VOA #DPRK TV broke into programming to make special announcement. This not 1 of those "routine" nasty threats from Pyongyang it seems
- RT @W7VOA North Korea vows military "special action" soon against #ROK president Lee, his followers "including the conservative media."
- The sudden decline of North Korean fashion captured in one image http://t.co/pis1zFjo on Fotopedia North Korea http://t.co/qzyxCmfL
- North Korean workers enjoy world class automobiles – http://t.co/RMs2E1Nl #DPRK
- This North Korean rocket works- http://t.co/kTExvcvv on Fotopedia North Korea http://t.co/qzyxCmfL
- MT @handrewschwartz US-Afghan close to strategic partnership agmt that pledges US support for 10 yrs after 2014 http://t.co/F2S4DfHO
- RT @CustosDivini PDF: The Market for Surface-to-Air Missiles http://t.co/1IWVGPj2
- RT @El_Grillo1 FP: The New al Qaeda Franchises http://t.co/xDF9crJ3
- One for the kids… http://t.co/bmc837ei on Fotopedia North Korea http://t.co/qzyxCmfL
- North korean astronauts will be well-dressed and a little chubby – someday http://t.co/CaqWsc6O
- Disney vs. #DPRK Disney wins – http://t.co/mxLZ1vmP
- Another interesting poster from North Korea – http://t.co/aXeQLqay #dprk
- Check out this photo: http://t.co/FUGCSTBv on Fotopedia North Korea http://t.co/qzyxCmfL.
- MT @El_Grillo1 MP uncovers spy network in Kuwait, Kuwaitis & members of other GCC countries, look to overthrow regime http://t.co/QlFUfsJ0
- Now mount one on a quadcopter for extra media #dronepanic fun – RT @LauraWalkerKC Did Someone Say FLAME THROWER? http://t.co/EcrjeSzQ
- RT @LauraWalkerKC A French official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) kidnapped in #Yemen http://t.co/DqClFUjZ
- RT @CustosDivini Army chief: IDF prepared for Iran strike http://t.co/9ZHzrVrx #Israel #MidEast #news
- RT @LauraWalkerKC AMISOM captures strategic airport near Mogadishu : http://t.co/O39bmMK0
- RT @latlongpacific Early French election results Tweeted using WWII code techniques to pass strict French laws – http://t.co/C8PWipxi
- RT @switch_d Making Sense of Jihad: On Reading Zawahiri http://t.co/KZgEJP7d
- RT @blakehounshell Interesting piece on Boxun, the Chinese expat website/rumor mill http://t.co/hAZKDPdf
- Read through it earlier and can still smell the spray tan & steroids – RT @laurenist There is nothing not epic about the Jose Canseco feed
- #Sudan monitor – http://t.co/7skaYBsr
- MT @tcwittes Courageous piece today by a #Saudi selected as a MEPI Leader for Democracy; KSA won't let him travel. http://t.co/v6kq58zb
- When you consider the position she was recruited for the ignorance in her stream is pretty terrifying – https://t.co/yaEBcBes
- RT @azelin Bahrain's epic fail – Marc Lynch, @AbuAardvark Blog: http://t.co/nqcKuwLY
- RT @AJEnglish Thousands displaced by Sudan border clash http://t.co/wxmrhH7p
- Secret meeting between MI6 and police hours after discovery of spy Gareth… http://t.co/Zq3Yefw0
- Romney's new foreign policy spokesman: Quite the tweeter http://t.co/eCtvlKc5
- Romney promises increased Pentagon budgets http://t.co/HAaEtxc2
- Is #China Playing a Double Game? http://t.co/swhlsMPx
- EU Should Keep #China Arms Embargo http://t.co/fI1aY3p3
- China's military warns of confrontation over seas http://t.co/4goV7diZ
- Government investigating MI5 Libyan betrayal spy claim http://t.co/BbXiKIm7
- The Army siblings fighting the Taliban: Brother and sister make #military history http://t.co/RU7sq3tR
- Vets seek funds to film sentinel documentary http://t.co/xxpk5jhu
- Israel's chief of staff says covert operations in enemy states on the rise http://t.co/x3OV3K2J
- Google Street View comes to Israel after negotiations http://t.co/UDgI688z
- #Russia and #Syria No Good Options http://t.co/B9QbjyHE
- Threat of Violence Remains as South Sudan Withdraws from Disputed Town http://t.co/k3sFQ0ab
- Syrian opposition undermined by splits and infighting, emails show http://t.co/9P0urh7G
- RT @latlongpacific US talk show demonizes veterans with PTSD. SOFREP – http://t.co/nTc1ZRZc You Served – http://t.co/1uy5oLBC @BlogsofWar
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/pya29086 ? Top stories today via @doctrine_man @steven_metz
