The News And Times Review - NewsAndTimes.org https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Audio News Review Posts Articles and Tweets A narcissistic need for control and superiority #CIA #FBI #ODNI Motivations for engaging in intelligence work are multifaceted, often balancing national duty with personal psychological needs … Insider spies (those spying against their own country) often exhibit motivations rooted in an “intolerable sense of personal failure” or a narcissistic need for control and superiority. RT by @mikenov: CIA says expiring FISA section 702 helped thwart a planned terrorist attack on a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Austria in pitch to Congress to renew the surveillance program. 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RT by @mikenov: The Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear:@irinaborogan and I for @cepa on how Russia’s security state has created its own vulnerability — now exploited by actors ranging from criminals to Ukrainian intelligence. #CIA #FBI #CounterIntelligence Intelligence Services worldwide: Motivations, Psychology, Ethics – common features and differences by cultures and countries – Google Search https://www.google.com/search?q=Intelligence+Services+worldwide%3A+Motivations%2C+Psychology%2C+Ethics+-+common+features+and+differences+by+cultures+and+countries&num=10&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1133US1133&sca_esv=f6dab0cbe71090ff&biw=1536&bih=695&sxsrf=ANbL-n6Nh1xS9qH6GrZB1S_rAQZE3SZPgQ%3A1775830992485&ei=0AfZabqjHe_Q5NoPzMaOwAw&ved=0ahUKEwi6y_P7veOTAxVvKFkFHUyjA8gQ4dUDCBE&oq=Intelligence+Services+worldwide%3A+Motivations%2C+Psychology%2C+Ethics+-+common+features+and+differences+by+cultures+and+countries&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mt share.google/aimode/R2GKCTpk… #CIA #FBI #CounterIntelligence Intelligence Services worldwide: Motivations, Psychology, Ethics – common features and differences by cultures and countries – Google Search https://www.google.com/search?q=Intelligence+Services+worldwide%3A+Motivations%2C+Psychology%2C+Ethics+-+common+features+and+differences+by+cultures+and+countries&num=10&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1133US1133&sca_esv=f6dab0cbe71090ff&biw=1536&bih=695&sxsrf=ANbL-n6Nh1xS9qH6GrZB1S_rAQZE3SZPgQ%3A1775830992485&ei=0AfZabqjHe_Q5NoPzMaOwAw&ved=0ahUKEwi6y_P7veOTAxVvKFkFHUyjA8gQ4dUDCBE&oq=Intelligence+Services+worldwide%3A+Motivations%2C+Psychology%2C+Ethics+-+common+features+and+differences+by+cultures+and+countries&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mt Global Intelligence: Motivations, Psychology, Ethics https://gemini.google.com/share/84d801849222 #CIA #RussianIntel #Counterintelligence Russian Intelligence: Motivations, Psychology, Ethics https://gemini.google.com/share/190bdbfc15ab Gemini To understand the members of the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS)—primarily the FSB (domestic security), SVR (foreign intelligence), and GRU (military intelligence)—one must look past Hollywood tropes and examine the deep-rooted strategic culture, historical legacy, and institutional psychology that shape them. While individual officers vary vastly, the organizational DNA of Russian intelligence cultivates specific psychological profiles, motivations, and moral frameworks. ## The Foundational Psychology: The “Besieged Fortress” The psychological #CIA #RussianIntel #Counterintelligence Russian Intelligence: Motivations, Psychology, Ethics https://gemini.google.com/share/190bdbfc15ab Gemini To understand the members of the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS)—primarily the FSB (domestic security), SVR (foreign intelligence), and GRU (military intelligence)—one must look past Hollywood tropes and examine the deep-rooted strategic culture, historical legacy, and institutional psychology that shape them. While individual officers vary vastly, the organizational DNA of Russian intelligence cultivates specific psychological profiles, motivations, and moral frameworks. ## The Foundational Psychology: The “Besieged Fortress” The psychological share.google/aimode/Qr0korCV… Putin and Putinism Israel and the Middle East FBI News Articles and Tweets Tweets – Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter Trump and FBI Putin and Putinism Audio News Review #Counterintelligence #GRU #RussianIntel Blogs #CIA #Counterintelligence #SecureAct The U.S. Counterintelligence is dysfunctional and inefficient. 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They can’t be honest with themselves or their leadership or President Putin, for that matter… That led them to disaster in Ukraine.” INSIDE THE KREMLIN’S GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY – War Room – U.S. Army War College https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/kremlins-intelligence-strategy/ The U.S. Counterintelligence is dysfunctional and inefficient. 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FBI FIGHTS THE “CLASSIFIED LEAKERS WITH THE TRANSPARENT PANTS”. #FBI arrests ex-Fort Bragg employee over alleged #classifiedleak to journalist | US #military Quote: “she was instructed to bend over so higher-ranking officers could see if her pants were transparent, which would have constituted a dress-code violation. Williams later filed a grievance and a discrimination claim … Her actions were entirely above-board, legitimate, and admirable,” he said.” FBI FIGHTS THE “CLASSIFIED LEAKERS WITH THE TRANPARENT PANTS”. #FBI arrests ex-Fort Bragg employee over alleged #classifiedleak to journalist | US #military Quote: “she was instructed to bend over so higher-ranking officers could see if her pants were transparent, which would have constituted a dress-code violation. Williams later filed a grievance and a discrimination claim … Her actions were entirely above-board, legitimate, and admirable,” he said.” #FBI arrests ex-Fort Bragg employee over alleged #classifiedleak to journalist | US #military Quote: “she was instructed to bend over so higher-ranking officers could see if her pants were transparent, which would have constituted a dress-code violation. Williams later filed a grievance and a discrimination claim … her actions were entirely above-board, legitimate, and admirable,” he said.” #FBI arrests ex-Fort Bragg employee over alleged #classifiedleak to journalist | US #military #CIA #FBI #ODNI “A system frequently hampered by internal corruption and a culture of dishonesty. They’re so riddled with a dishonesty. They can’t be honest with themselves or their leadership or President Putin, for that matter… That led them to disaster in Ukraine.” INSIDE THE KREMLIN’S GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY – War Room – U.S. Army War College https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/podcasts/kremlins-intelligence-strategy/ #Counterintelligence #SecureAct #AIReports The U.S. Counterintelligence is dysfunctional and inefficient. How does the Secure Act intend to address it? https://gemini.google.com/share/2344e184d41e GEMINI The Strategic Enhancement of Counterintelligence and Unifying Reform Efforts (SECURE) Act was advanced as part of the FY2026 Intelligence Authorization Act by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The legislation was drafted in response to concerns from lawmakers and security experts that the U.S. counterintelligence apparatus has become fragmented, highly siloed across multiple agencies, and overly reactive. 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