Covert Contact Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin: Identity, Espionage, and Counterintelligence Regular Blogs of War and Covert Contact contributor William J. Tucker joins me to discuss the Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin espionage case. While little is known about the case, and Edward Lin has yet to be convicted, all signs point to a very damaging affair. Lin was born in Taiwan,
Covert Contact Government Email Problems, Wikileaks, Russia, Drone Leaks, NASA Security and Other Counterintelligence Nightmares The Covert Contact podcast kicks off again with an admittedly rambling, but hopefully entertaining, start as I review a number of high profile security issues with counterintelligence pro William J. Tucker. We look at the hack of DCIA John Brennan’s AOL account [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/
Counterintelligence William M. Nolte: Counterintelligence after Snowden On February 7, 2014, William M. Nolte, Former Director of Education and Training at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, discussed "Counterintelligence after Snowden" at The Institute of World Politics.
Covert Contact Counterintelligence: William J. Tucker Breaks Down the Challenges In episode 12 of Covert Contact I’m talking to William J. Tucker about counterintelligence. It is a complex discipline that is often misunderstood – even by intelligence professionals. But it presents as many opportunities as it does challenges and this conversation hints at that. Like all intelligence disciplines, it is
Guest Posts Everybody Spies - and for Good Reason William J. Tucker serves as a senior security representative to a major government contractor where he acts as the Counterintelligence Officer, advises on counterterrorism issues, and prepares personnel for overseas travel. His additional duties include advising his superiors in matters concerning emergency management and business continuity planning. Mr. Tucker regularly
Technology Edward Snowden: Booz Allen Hamilton Job Sought for Access to Classified Material You might remember this comment from Edward Snowden during his Guardian live Q&A on June 17: > The statement I made about earnings was that $200,000 was my “career high” salary. I had to take pay cuts in the course of pursuing specific work. Booz was not the most
Guest Posts William J. Tucker: Hawaii a Priority Target for Foreign Espionage William J. Tucker serves as a senior security representative to a major government contractor where he acts as the Counterintelligence Officer, advises on counterterrorism issues, and prepares personnel for overseas travel. His additional duties include advising his superiors in matters concerning emergency management and business continuity planning. Mr. Tucker regularly
Technology China's Media Warns of Challenges to US Businesses in Wake of Edward Snowden's Revelations This English summary [http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130618000122&cid=1101] from Taiwan-based Want China Times zeros in on Cisco but other tech giants are named: > Furthermore, Cisco is the key technology and equipment supplier to the US government and its military. Security experts are therefore worried that
Intelligence China's Foreign Ministry: Speculation that Edward Snowden is a Chinese Spy is Completely Groundless The denial is meaningless and would be expected at this stage in any event. However, Hua Chunying did leverage the question to throw a soft jab [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-not-chinese-spy-beijing] back at the United States: > China’s foreign ministry has dismissed speculation that NSA
Intelligence Is Edward Snowden a Spy? It is not yet possible to determine if Edward Snowden is working with a foreign intelligence service (FIS) or if a rich fantasy life and raging narcissism may have lead him into this unfortuate position. What is obvious, however, is that he is not a simple idealistic whistleblower. Unkowns aside,
Guest Posts Snowden's Snowjob? William J. Tucker serves as a senior security representative to a major government contractor where he acts as the Counterintelligence Officer, advises on counterterrorism issues, and prepares personnel for overseas travel. His additional duties include advising his superiors in matters concerning emergency management and business continuity planning. Mr. Tucker regularly
Intelligence Edward Snowden: Naive NSA Whistleblower, Spy, or Something Else Entirely? Where to begin with Mr. Snowden? Are we to believe that a highly paid IC contractor left his comfortable job in Hawaii, ditched his girlfriend, flew to Hong Kong and turned over a motherlode of intelligence community secrets for some sort of Manning-esque idealism?
