Category: Blogs

Germany Plans a New Cyber Defense Agency

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  The number of cyber attacks in Germany and abroad has skyrocketed in recent years, costing the economy upwards of 10 billion euros annually.

Sale of French warships to Russia raises alarm in NATO

By Kim Willsher, the Los Angeles Times

From Kim Willsher, the Los Angeles Times:  France is selling at least two warships to Russia in an unprecedented military deal that has angered the United States and other NATO countries.

Russia expels two Spanish diplomats in ‘spy’ tit-for-tat

By RIA Novosti

France’s spy service bulks up amid terror threats

By Jamey Keaten, the AP

NATO and Russia’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons Policy

By Walter Pincus, the Washington Post

From Walter Pincus, the Washington Post:  [C]oncern was ignited across Europe recently when stories appeared about Russia moving tactical nuclear weapons near the border of NATO countries.

Police Reveal Link Between Italian and Greek Bombers

By the AP

From the AP:  Police on Tuesday confirmed a link between Italian and Greek anarchists, saying the Italian group that sent parcel bombs to three Rome embassies was responding to an appeal from its Greek counterparts to step up attacks.

Baltic Allies Warn that France-Russia Mistral deal “is a mistake”

By expatica.com

Russia’s biggest spy agencies at war

By Andrew Osborn, the Telegraph

From Andrew Osborn, the Telegraph:  According to Russian experts, the domestic FSB security service is trying to subsume the SVR foreign intelligence service in order to recreate a latter day KGB in all but name. Supporters of the plan are seeking to capitalise on the SVR’s worst post-Soviet failure, the deportation of ten of its […]

Britain charges 9 of 12 arrested in terror plot

By Karla Adam, the Washington Post

From Karla Adam, the Washington Post:  Nine of 12 men arrested last week in Britain on suspicion of planning a terror attack were charged Monday with conspiracy to set off explosions and testing potential bombs, police said.

Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions

By the AP

From the AP:  Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. […]