Ex-CIA Disguise Chief: AI Transforms Espionage

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources while also arming adversaries with synthetic identities and deepfakes that are increasingly difficult to detect. Modern espionage threats have expanded well beyond hacking and data breaches to include operatives posing

AI Supercharges Espionage: Former CIA Disguise Chief Warns

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources while also arming adversaries with synthetic identities and deepfakes that are increasingly difficult to detect. Modern espionage threats have expanded well beyond hacking and data breaches to include operatives posing

AI escalates espionage, warns former CIA disguise chief

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources while also arming adversaries with synthetic identities and deepfakes that are increasingly difficult to detect. Modern espionage threats have expanded well beyond hacking and data breaches to include operatives posing

AI Raises Espionage Stakes, Says Ex-CIA Disguise Chief

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources while also arming adversaries with synthetic identities and deepfakes that are increasingly difficult to detect. Modern espionage threats have expanded well beyond hacking and data breaches to include operatives posing

Hegseth Condemned for Migrant Remarks at D-Day Ceremony

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire from critics around the world this weekend after he turned his speech at a Saturday event marking the D-Day anniversary into a “racist rant” against migrants. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in France, which was occupied by Nazi Germany’s troops. Thousands were killed, but it

Vienna: Europe’s Enduring Spy Capital

Egisto Ott is no James Bond. But the stories the 63-year-old Austrian told a Viennese jury recently would make good plotlines. Ott worked as an intelligence officer in Austria’s now-defunct Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism. He was also moonlighting for the Russians. Prosecutors say Ott, who was sentenced to four

Autopsy of Pax Americana

While Washington’s war with Iran drags on, month after month, without any end in sight, the world is witnessing the very real limits of US global power. As President Donald Trump lurches repeatedly from threats of devastation to promises of peace, it’s becoming increasingly clear that US military might is no longer capable of subduing even a mid-sized power

When Pax Americana Fades: The Decline of U.S. Power

While Washington’s war with Iran drags on, month after month, without any end in sight, the world is witnessing the very real limits of US global power. As President Donald Trump lurches repeatedly from threats of devastation to promises of peace, it’s becoming increasingly clear that US military might is no longer capable of subduing even a mid-sized power

Senate Blocks Extension of Warrantless Spying

Image: Electronic Frontier Foundation Privacy advocates celebrated Friday after a Republican-led effort to extend warrantless spying powers failed to advance in the US Senate in the early hours of the morning, with seven GOP lawmakers joining every Democrat except Sen. John Fetterman in opposition. The failed vote was another stumble for supporters of renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which

Kyrgyzstan’s UN Win and Eurasia’s Quiet Ascendancy

Kyrgyzstan representatives cheer after winning vote to become a rotational UN Security Council member. Image: X Screengrab On Wednesday (June 3), Kyrgyzstan secured an upset victory over the Philippines to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term. After taking a surprising 105-85 lead in the first ballot, the Central
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