Terrorist Groups

CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution In Middle East

ABC News | MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS (@Brianross) | Posted 11.21.2011

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In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and th...

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Intelligence Debacle: Terrorist Group Captures CIA Infiltrators

AP | By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA's spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency's ability to gather vital ...

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Privatization: It's Not Just for State Forces

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Isenberg

Instead of having people arguing that PMSC are always more cost-effective than regular military forces or, conversely, are never as effective, we should stipulate that it depends on what your goal is.

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Can Nuclear Terrorists Be Deterred?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Terrorists, according to conventional thinking, are immune to deterrence. If they ever obtained nuclear weapons, they'd suffer few qualms about using them.

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Terrorists Use Facebook In Attempt To Recruit Israeli Spies

Haaretz | Amos Harel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Shin Bet security service has warned Israeli citizens to beware of attempts by terrorist groups to recruit them as agents via Facebook and other s...

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