Analysts at the C.I.A. and other American spy and security agencies believe not only that the bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in July by militants was aided by ISI operatives, but also that the highest levels of Pakistan's security apparatus — including the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani — had knowledge of the plot.
Since Surkov's departure from the presidential staff, veterans of the spy and security agencies and other conservatives known as the "siloviki", or men of power, have gained the upper hand in shaping Putin's thinking and are behind what the opposition sees as a Soviet-style clampdown on dissent.
SYDNEY, Australia — Already essentially shut out of the United States, the Chinese technology giant Huawei is scrambling to salvage its reputation in another country where growing worries over spying and security could hurt its chances at a big chunk of business.
Many recent-generation kitchen appliances come equipped with connectivity that allows for great convenience, but this benefit comes at a price – potential spying and security risks.
Twenty years ago, cybercrime was little more than Internet pranksters and Nigerian 419 email scams - today, it's a multi-billion industry supported by foreign governments, ex-spies and security agents, engineers, mathematicians and well-funded organized crime rings.
On August 7, 2011, Raelynn Hillhouse, an American spy novelist and security analyst, posted "The Spy Who Billed Me" on her national security blog, suggesting that Pakistan's ISI had sheltered bin Laden in return for a $25 million bounty; however, ISI and government officials have denied her allegations.
It's not often that spy masters and security chiefs represent the democratic impulse and the conscience of a nation adrift.
By David Remnick October 28, 2012 It's not often that spy masters and security chiefs represent the democratic impulse and the conscience of a nation adrift.
The accusations follow a flurry of spying and security-related cases that seem to underscore the rising level of suspicion of Westerners, especially Americans.
The foundations of the guilt of the remaining 113, whom US politicians often refer to as the "worst of the worst" terrorists, involves a degree of faith in the Pakistani and Afghan spies, warlords and security services who initially captured 98 of the remaining Guantánamo population.
The judge will be asked to do so only in cases involving spies and national security.
