Real-life Espionage Incidents Discussion

[FATBOY]

Seems like the Russians are quite active

[Byatil]

(02-02-2011 10:38 PM)FATBOY Wrote:  Seems like the Russians are quite active

Can't say I blame them, international relations are a bit tense at the moment. I just wonder if we're doing the same.

[FATBOY]

I would like to think we are ... government cuts permitting

[HellsBells]

I hope we are too, but just not getting caught doing it!!!

[George]

Interesting programme tonight (actually is starting) on BBC2 (UK):

The Secret war on terror

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zmccx

"The Secret War on Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war which has been fought against Al Qaeda over the last decade since 9/11."

[tom quinn]

(14-03-2011 09:01 PM)George Wrote:  Interesting programme tonight (actually is starting) on BBC2 (UK):

The Secret war on terror

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zmccx

"The Secret War on Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war which has been fought against Al Qaeda over the last decade since 9/11."

re: the above programme i have to say that if the evidence to justify the war on iraq was evidentially flawed and missleading and so much was surpressed which we only know about thanks to wiki leaks then what do we not know about the current situation in libya?. i also refer to the incident where an mi6 officer was caught along with his sas minders by the rebels. part of this was down to the fact that the foreign office leaked the sugestion that the sas might be deployed and also of the fact that the mi6 officer and minders could have debarked the ship(hms cumberland i think) from the nearby port rather than landing a helicopter in middle of night. now lets fast forward and think of the talk of not being allowed to arm the rebels. what was the mi6 officer needed for then if not that possibility? the cia did it with the mujahadeen in afghanistan so why not mi6 with libya?

[HellsBells]

But the MI6 officer and special forces personnel were in Libya before the UN agreed that the arming the Rebels was against it's policy. I imagine the officer was there to gather information, possibly provide 'technical' help to the rebels.

[Nixie]

This may not be linked to espionage per se, but the use of codes and the difficulty, after a decade of work by experts (albeit intermittently), is interesting - and probably relevant!
http://www.smh.com.au/world/rickys-kille...1d6r6.html

[HellsBells]

Fascinating story, Nixie, thanks for posting. It does seem strange that it has taken the FBI 10 years before asking the public to help solve the code.

[A Cousin]

(08-04-2011 01:19 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  Fascinating story, Nixie, thanks for posting. It does seem strange that it has taken the FBI 10 years before asking the public to help solve the code.

The article states that in the week since opening it up to the public, they have had 1000 tips none of which amount to anything. It makes me think of The Wierdo Line. I would imagine that opening it up to the public would be a very last resort and something not done without a lot of legalese to slog through first.