- RT @W7VOA My latest report: RT @VOA_Seoul: 2 Arrested in South Korea for Allegedly Spying for the North – http://t.co/Iv4RvcYq
- I'm sure they're lining up – MT @latlongpacific Iran could provide security to Gulf states that align with them http://t.co/87OiZlzZ
- RT @intelwire Syria rebels say they're preparing for war… http://t.co/1PxfTNbx
- RT @handrewschwartz CSIS report on "Assessing Military Intervention in Syria" by Aram Nerguizian is a timely read. http://t.co/T1usxvaO
- Only working on two things tonight. Hank Crumpton's book and a @StoneBrewingCo IPA #beer http://t.co/yP5gJYee
- .@mrossletters @robertcaruso @N_Bakos @MaxVenator @allthingsct @AllThingsHLS You're thinking small. I'm just marking the opposition.
- .@robertcaruso @mrossletters @N_Bakos @MaxVenator @allthingsct @AllThingsHLS Anyone wanna buy a "Hugs not HUMINT" bumper sticker?
- RT @threatpost Winds of cyber war, or tempest in a teapot? What The Experts Are Saying About Flame Worm http://t.co/82I7pOMU via @threatpost
- From 10/2011 – Did China Compromise NASA Satellites? http://t.co/1HjLar56 cc: @El_Grillo1
- Have worked on systems like that and have doubts – RT @El_Grillo1 Hackers took control of 2 satellites for few minutes http://t.co/XxNRaHaj
- IRGC-QF – Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Quds Force ThreatStream – http://t.co/AvbVPzQb
- RT @El_Grillo1 NSA intercepting 1.7 billion American electronic communications daily http://t.co/dkcFXjWT
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/py9XBpYW ? Top stories today via @HouseIntelComm @syriamonitor
- New Book: The Last Refuge http://t.co/88zbxFsw
- "mutilating 49 people and piling their bodies – heads, hands and feet missing – by the side of a road" http://t.co/9OFk03ec
- RT @blakehounshell RT @bungdan: There were dozens of sectarian massacres in Iraq on the scale of Houla in Syria.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Need to Know: May 31, 2012
Need to Know: May 30, 2012
- How many civilian causalities would be directly caused by months long large-scale military intervention in Syria? Any guesses out there?
- Checking out The Kabul Cable blog by @TyrellMayfield – You should too – http://t.co/9oTu9UTm
- RT @DaveedGR My new piece at G&L: "Did Adam Gadahn Play a Significant Role in bin Laden's al Qaeda?" http://t.co/upoKuKmV
- MT @Max_Fisher China is allowing the first open discussions of the Great Leap Forward since it killed 30M people http://t.co/9eJvZuUW
- RT @IDCsync Pentagon expected to ban .mil addresses from being used on commercial social media sites – GCN http://t.co/Uyu4E5Mf
- RT @IDCsync Exclusive Pictures: Inside the Navy’s Newest Spy Sub http://t.co/3i9KiuDM
- RT @W7VOA My latest report: RT @VOA_Seoul: Controversy Follows Comments on Military Operations in N. Korea – http://t.co/hMU4oEx9
- Must watch – RT @frontlinepbs Inside an #AlQaeda controlled town in #Yemen #039;s radical heartland: http://t.co/TJWel5Up @PBS
- Agreed – RT @joshuafoust Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is the ballsiest journalist of all time. Just unreal reporting & risk-taking #frontline
- RT @jeremyscahill #Frontline just posted the online roundtable/debate "Understanding Yemen’s Al Qaeda Threat" http://t.co/fWrVTB5a
- No. Only unshared secrets are secret – RT @PacketknifeToo Are Your Secrets Safe In The Cloud? http://t.co/s3BrrAho
- .@WarfareCenter I don't think this looks awesome from any angle. Good as a case study in how these things can go wrong quickly though.
- Lebanese join the Free Syrian Army’s struggle http://t.co/IcsEq8Nz
- Pentagon to Axe: You're Right: http://t.co/PfCTZKb2
- HUMINT and Human Nature As a Paradigm for INFOSEC http://t.co/6mZVaE4A via @krypt3ia
- cc: @mrossletters – RT @ibnezra One thing many Syrian activists told me: Lebanon is about to explode
- .@OHenrysStepchld Agree – there are a whole range of options short of large scale military intervention.
- 40 shootings this weekend alone? Somebody call Kofi Annan – http://t.co/ge6cVcSj
- .@OHenrysStepchld Yes, it could get a lot worse. Like this for example http://t.co/54J891Ca
- White House: U.S. military role in Syria would cause more chaos http://t.co/ze0YZ37j
- MT @jon_jeckell Combined exercise with Russian Airborne Forces underway in Fort Carson, Colorado http://t.co/DWZOVBoc
- Reads more like Jesse Jackson – RT @W7VOA Pentagon spokesman Little: "The general's comments were contorted, distorted & misreported." @daxe
- .@WarfareCenter @AppFlyer That's part of the problem. Nobody is interested in clarifications or retractions once something like this hits
- .@WarfareCenter Sympathetic to the difficulty inherent in trying to occupy space between public & secret – prob best not to go hypothetical
- God help us if this is our plan – MT @jeffemanuel Syrian rebel leader: Assad's opposition will secure chemical weapons http://t.co/ZVdGCjZe
- .@firefroggy117 @AllThingsHLS @mrossletters I'm not sure which I find more annoying actually..
- Thankful that I'm not an Iranian submariner – http://t.co/kxjX1yDK
- Top of Drudge with "US special forces 'parachuted into North Korea'…" is not where we want to be you'd think.
- .@WarfareCenter How about everyone just STFU for a change…
Need to Know: May 29, 2012
- RT @blogdiva along with France, Germany and UK RT @oxfordgirl: Italy, Spain, USA, Canada, Australia all set to expel Syrian diplomats #Syria
- .@firefroggy117 @mrossletters @wesko @forbesmm I'm a few years out from being eligible for the Order of the Blue Vest. Someday…someday.
- MT @robertcaruso: until we set artifical impediments aside & employ an organic human intelligence enterprise, the signature strikes persist
- RT @jeremyscahill: @robertcaruso yeah. The "Signature Strikes" are a clear indicator of how bankrupt US HUMINT in these countries is.
- .@mrossletters @wesko @forbesmm Now. Things were much better a few years ago.
- .@mrossletters @wesko @forbesmm At least it pays better than blogging.
- RT @threatpost: Flame #malware smells of nation-state involvement, but that's where similarities to Duqu & Stuxnet end http://t.co/lJVicqTe
- RT @intelwire: If you read only 1 story today, it should be the NYT's remarkable & disturbing piece on targeted killing http://t.co/9IHECjzI
- IRGC-QF Monitor – http://t.co/AvbVPzQb #Iran
- MT @switch_d: New #Taliban websites links http://t.co/f8g4D8Z5 as published by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid
- RT @thegulfcoldwar: #Iran ready to host meeting on #Somalia conflicts http://t.co/4jLeWk6a
- RT @warisboring Context of the Korea Special Forces Story http://t.co/066KIrH6
- IRGC-QF ThreatStream – http://t.co/AvbVPzQb #Iran
- RT @W7VOA As I tweeted earlier the USFK statement says "quotes have been made up & attributed to" BGEN Tolley from the SOF industry conf.
- Iranian forces in Syria, claims top officer http://t.co/H4lC3mcn cc: @mrossletters
- RT @El_Grillo1 Errata Security: Bogus story: no Chinese backdoor in military chip http://t.co/UPAOBt0J HT @KimZetter @adschina
- RT @W7VOA #ROK MND to VOA on reports special forces operating in #DPRK "no comment at this point" as story "under discussion with USFK."
- St. Sebastiaan Grand Reserve Belgian strong pale ale. Limited production – single batch brewed once a year. http://t.co/6xdo6xV7
- RT @W7VOA USFK denying statements attributed to Special Forces General about secret US missions into #DPRK More soon.
- Nice! – RT @forbesmm On a lighter note, this apparently exists. #spybeer @BlogsofWar @mrossletters @wesko http://t.co/zCilzMH4
- New ThreatStream for the #Eurozone – #Greece financial crisis – http://t.co/PeXji34i
- RT @El_Grillo1 Shabaab recruiting & training members from NTL, UK & US to launch attacks in countries where they reside http://t.co/JQYjbrN6
- "primary targets of this threat are located in the Palestinian West Bank, Hungary, Iran, and Lebanon" – http://t.co/jGWoRl08
- Nice roundup – RT @PacketknifeToo Stuxnet, Duqu, & Now Flame http://t.co/lw1wB5lO
- sKyWIper: A complex malware for targeted
attacks (PDF) http://t.co/lSOxW23m - RT @El_Grillo1 What Richard Clarke and other Fearmongers Get Wrong About Cyberwarfare http://t.co/VwTC7mRR via @RedDragon1949
- To buy more weapons maybe… MT @A22523 Russia's FM has said that the Russian govt actually pressures the Syrian govt almost each day.
- "Today is one of those days that the Infosec Community will remember for a long time" – http://t.co/Hulgr9Kb Via @PacketknifeToo #Flame
- Security backdoor found in# China made US military chip http://t.co/A0dRmdEA
- .@mrossletters @akhanukov Check hotel ledgers for a Mr. Adonis Papadopoulos
- Flame – Stuxnet Monitor – http://t.co/EEtlhFJn
- RT @PacketknifeToo Sophisticated cyber weapon 'Flame' discovered in Middle East http://t.co/vV66JZiX
- RT @uktechnews [Telegraph] Iran targeted by 'Flame' espionage virus http://t.co/gRsHj5vT
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/py9XBpYW
- RT @N_Bakos U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots http://t.co/TfZ8VU6r
Need to Know: May 28, 2012
- RT @IDCsync In remembrance of CTT1 Daugherty http://t.co/YOmJ055v
- RT @webradius Fars News Agency :: IRGC Arrests Spy Near Ahmadinejad's Chopper http://t.co/fAMfpuCQ Alleged agent of Arab state.
- RT @mrossletters Robert Mugabe named international tourism ambassador in latest UN absurdity http://t.co/h9OZa4qf (h/t @TamLeblanc 762)
- RT @texasinafrica Marietta National Cemetery on Memorial Day http://t.co/4zDq9UsI
- MT @MAJMikeLyons This Memorial day, remember 1LT Laura Walker & the sacrifice she & her family has made to country – http://t.co/gFvwwRy8
- RT @lindsaywise Platoon leader memorializes fallen Marine, sailor from Houston’s Lone Star Battalion http://t.co/cO0HMflh
- RT @Doctrine_Man Our scars run deep. How one bullet can take two lives. Remembering on #MemorialDay http://t.co/gGqVkkKP
- The History Channel is doing a Memorial Day tribute? Please tell me it doesn't reference ancient aliens and Bigfoot.
- Shitheads staying on message – as usual – MT @El_Grillo1 Following Russia, Iran condemns terrorist action in Houla http://t.co/EoC1eJwQ
- Memorial Day Monitor – Honoring the Fallen – http://t.co/GHA98u8T #MemorialDay2012
- RT @handrewschwartz RT @NewsHour: A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War: http://t.co/gSfblUCH
- RT @PacketknifeToo Marcus Aurelius: The Party Line on Military Clandestine Service aka Goat F*ck Returns + RECAP http://t.co/bqYFNjNV
- RT @WarfareCenter You would think it would be a natural pairing of SOCOM and State for Global engagement, not "unlikely".
- RT @peterjmunson Amazing, truly heroic story. RT @HerbCarmen: On "Abrek" http://t.co/MI1Ok3TU
- RT @HerbCarmen Tonight a toast of single malt to my aviator friends who have given their lives for us http://t.co/k0Kegs76
- RT @HerbCarmen On "Nate." 2 April 2003. A night over Iraq I'll never forget. http://t.co/CvdYLtUU
- MT @El_Grillo1 FAI previously associated with Italy; UK: Anarchist group vows to wage 'low level warfare' on Olympics http://t.co/N7XwtlUy
- #Syria ThreatStream updated – additional tracking of #AlHoulahMassacre added – http://t.co/TwWLlPcN
- #Mali ThreatStream http://t.co/xoGnD20m
- Hope it's better than their cruise line – RT @El_Grillo1 Palestinian Airlines Resumes Flights After 7 Years http://t.co/AcvP2hzi
- RT @CustosDivini #news UN Security Council to meet at 1830 GMT Sunday on #Syria massacre, council diplomat says – @Reuters #UNSC #FSA
- RT @PacketknifeToo Interview With An Unknown US Navy SEAL http://t.co/rEY6ptrz
- RT @texasinafrica So Azawad is now the Islamic Republic of Azawad. #Mali getting messier by the hour: http://t.co/YB5VGbWr
- RT @CustosDivini #Iran against #IAEA experts' visit to Parchin http://t.co/ug1L6cXY #nuclear
- Video from the encore – The subtle artistry of #Rammstein http://t.co/VmmNSvP8
- This one is better – #Rammstein – http://t.co/gzHeqlEJ
- View from our (very hot) seats at the #Rammstein show. Finally editing pics from the decent camera. http://t.co/6QeBGk0P
- The Blogs of War Watchlist is out! http://t.co/py9XBpYW ? Top stories today via @latlongpacific

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