Things are not looking up for NSO Group, to say the least. It's the world's leading Black Hat cyber-security company. Its Pegasus malware is the most-advanced hacking tool in the world. It has been used by as many as 40 intelligence agencies, many working for repressive regimes, to seize control of cell phones belonging to human rights activists, … [Read more...]
Israeli Intelligence Budget Nearly Doubles in Past Decade Under Netanyahu
Haaretz reports Israel's two main intelligence agencies have nearly doubled their budgets in the past twelve years. Both the Mossad and Shabak had budgets of $1.3-billion in 2005. The upcoming budget for 2018 is slated to rise to $2.2-billion. It's no accident that much of the dramatic rise in budgetary expenditures happened during Bibi Netanyahu's prime m … [Read more...]
Why I Published US Intelligence Secrets About Israel’s Anti-Iran Campaign
NOTE: I originally published this piece in Truthout in 2011. For some reason which Truthout's managing editor, Maya Schenwar, will not explain, the publication has removed it from its site (if you use the original link it generates a 404 error). This is an important story to me and cannot afford to be buried in this fashion. For that reason, I'm rep … [Read more...]
Rep. Michael Grimm Threatens to Throw Reporter Off Capitol Balcony
The sub-headline of this story: Godfather Goes to Washington. Michael Grimm seems to be letting the FBI investigation against his corrupt campaign finance practices get to him. Just after the State of the Union address, Grimm took an interview with NY1 reporter, Michael Scotto. At the conclusion, the reporter attempted to ask him a question about the f … [Read more...]
