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As Trump seeks Iran deal, Israel again raises possibility of strikes on nuclear sites

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Julian Barnes |David Sanger |Maggie Haberman |Ronen Bergman

As the Trump administration tries to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been threatening to upend the talks by striking Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, according to officials briefed on the situation.
White House orders CIA to send an unclassified e-mail with names of some employees

Feb 5, 2025 | straitstimes.com | David Sanger |Julian Barnes

WASHINGTON – The White House ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to send an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal workforce, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries. The list included first names and the first initial of the last name of the new hires, who are still on probation – and thus easy to dismiss.
CIA’s chatbot stands in for world leaders

Jan 20, 2025 | thestar.com.my | Julian Barnes

Understanding leaders around the world is one of the CIA’s most important jobs. Teams of analysts comb through intelligence collected by spies and publicly available information to create profiles of leaders that can predict behaviours. A chatbot powered by artificial intelligence now helps do that work. Over the past two years, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed a tool that allows analysts to talk to virtual versions of foreign presidents and prime ministers, who answer back.
After Prigozhin’s death, a high-stakes scramble for his empire

Sep 10, 2023 | irishtimes.com | Anton Troianovski |Declan Walsh |Eric Schmitt |Vivian Yee |Julian Barnes

African leaders allied with Russia had grown used to dealing with Yevgeny Prigozhin, the swaggering, profane mercenary leader who travelled the continent by private jet, offering to prop up shaky regimes with guns and propaganda in return for gold and diamonds. But the Russian delegation that toured three African countries last week was led by a very different figure, the starchy deputy defence minister, Yunus-bek Yevkurov.
Monday, August 21, 2023

Aug 21, 2023 | albertmohler.com | Helene Cooper |Thomas Gibbons-Neff |Eric Schmitt |Julian Barnes

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Chinese hackers accessed US government email accounts - Microsoft

Jul 12, 2023 | irishtimes.com | Julian Barnes

Chinese hackers intent on collecting intelligence on the United States gained access to government email accounts, Microsoft disclosed Tuesday night. In a blog post, Microsoft said about 25 organisations, including government agencies, had been compromised by the hacking group, which used forged authentication tokens to get access to individual email accounts. Hackers had access to at least some of the accounts for a month before the breach was detected, Microsoft said.
Russian general had advanced knowledge of mutiny plans, US officials say

Jun 28, 2023 | irishtimes.com | Julian Barnes

A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership, according to US officials briefed on American intelligence on the matter, which has prompted questions about what support the mercenary leader had inside the top ranks.