Eye Spy Issue 90

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EYE SPY INTELLIGENCE MAGAZINE

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EYE SPY 90 VOLUME XII NUMBER TW0 (ISSUE 90) ISSN 1364 8446 publication date: APRIL/MAY 2014

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Subscribed to by all the world’s leading intelligence and security agencies FROM THE EDITOR - MARK BIRDSALL

FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS The loss of Crimea to Russia and the bizarre disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have dominated the news of late. The former may have come as a surprise to some, but Moscow has been scheming for years to seize the Ukrainian region - an important location as it supports and hosts the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. What surprised many analysts was the sheer number of so-called ‘false flag’ operations enabled in such a short time frame.

Deceptions are always difficult to predict, but the lengthy civilian protests and political dithering of Europe to embrace the Ukraine, allowed Moscow’s military intelligence planners and spies to grab the moment.

Few countries in the world, perhaps Britain and the United States excluded, have the skill and experience of Russia in respect of undercover, covert and disinformation operations. And this was evidenced not too long ago in Chechnya and other neighbouring countries.

Perhaps timely then, that in this edition of Eye Spy we carry a fascinating and revealing interview with US-based Russian historian and investigative author Yuri Felshtinsky. For those not too familiar with Yuri, he was the man who along with Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, helped organise the escape of FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko some 14 years ago. A few years later, they wrote the powerful and controversial book ‘Blowing Up Russia’ in which they accused President Putin of deliberating authorising attacks in several Russian cities resulting in 300 deaths. These ‘false flag’ operations were allegedly carried out by the FSB and blamed on Chechen terrorists. The allegations were never proven one way or another, but they did create a climate that enabled Russia to invade Chechnya. Some CIA sources have spoken to Eye Spy and have compared the events to what is happening in the Ukraine today. For those who await a US and Western response, sadly it will not amount to anything other than punitive sanctions.

As for Litvinenko, of course, he and several of his associates were assassinated.

Russia is rising again and intelligence analysts believe it will further strengthen its liaisons with counties such as Syria, Iran and North Korea. This must be a great worry to many. Is a new Cold War forming? Perhaps.

The Felshtinsky interview and background to the crisis in Ukraine, including how Moscow outflanked the West, are just two of numerous fascinating features in this edition .

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EYE SPY INTELLIGENCE MAGAZINE 90 FOLLOWS...

Yuri Felshtinsky in the bar of the Millennium Hotel in London where his friend and co-author Alexander Litvinenko drank green tea laced with the deadly radioactive isotope polonium 210. He died a few weeks later. Felshtinsky reveals who he believes killed the MI6 agent

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THE NETWORK MOSSAD ASSASSINATION OF AGENT ‘PLASMA SCREEN’ Surprising developments in the investigation into the 2010 Mossad operation conducted in Dubai which resulted in the assassination of Hamas agent and gun runner Mahmoud al-Mabhou

THE DUBAI SANCTION

MI5 UNDER PRESSURE FOCUS ON RETURNING AQ-TRAINED OPERATIVES Britain’s Security Service has launched a major operation to identify hundreds of Britons returning to the UK after training and fighting with al-Qaida in Syria - many of whom have vowed to launch attacks on the mainland. A similar situation exists elsewhere in Europe and North America

TRACKING INTELLIGENCE A MOST STRANGE STING OPERATION Eye Spy dissects a remarkable joint FBI-Navy Criminal Investigation Service operation which spanned the world to trap a most dangerous would-be spy

MEDALS, MONEY, GIRLS, HONEYTRAPS, CODES AND DEAD LETTER DROPS INTERCEPTION A DECADE OF ILLEGAL ARMS MOVEMENTS Several highly secretive organisations unite to thwart the global trade of weapons smuggling - some intended for terrorist groups

DEATH OF A SPY THE ASSASSINATION OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO

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WITH YURI FELSHTINSKY

WORLD EXCLUSIVE

•INTERVIEW• As Marina Litvinenko, the widow of former FSB officer and MI6 agent Alexander, murdered in London in 2006, wins a High Court battle for a public inquiry into his death, Eye Spy talks exclusively to Russian investigative author and historian Yuri Felshtinsky. He played a pivotal role in the Litvinenkos escape from Russia and together with the agent, wrote the explosive book - ‘Blowing Up Russia’, which accused the FSB of perpetrating several terrorist attacks that killed 300 people a false flag operation used as an excuse to invade Chechnya. His research is made even more relevant by current events in the Ukraine.

In this explosive interview, Felshtinsky provides a unique perspective of the days, weeks, months and years leading up to the assassination of Litvinenko and who he believes ordered his death.

Plus the background behind the execution of several associates and the role played by Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky - Litvinenko’s former employer and a sworn enemy of President Putin.

He died in suspicious circumstances in 2013...

‘The moment the FSB officers were detained Russian war planes were ordered to start bombing Chechnya’s capital - Grozny’ THE BLACK CODE BOOK AND THE KEYS OF CAIRO

SECRET HISTORY Eye Spy reveals how a secret code book used by a US intelligence man in World War Two to communicate with Washington, almost presented Rommel and Germany with victory in North Africa...

A CATALOGUE OF COINCIDENCES? THE BLACK CODE BOOK - STRANGE BUT TRUE Eye Spy examines various issues borne from the loss of the ‘black code book’ and the Ultra decrypts, plus some important and little known intelligence happenings - including a US Embassy spy case resulting in an ‘odd’ - one agent FBI investigation

ENCOUNTER CONTROL PART THREE IN THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE Eye Spy Security Editor - Mike Finn continues his series on the discipline of Encounter Control in the Intelligence Cycle. In this feature Finn examines the importance of understanding body language - not in itself a guarantee to assuring a complete picture of events and circumstances

THE ROYAL INTERCEPTS BUGS AND THE CULTURE OF INTERCEPTION - PART 4

Paul Beaumont concludes his series on the significant social impact of the introduction of bugs to the public, with particular focus on the interception of secret Royal communications

“New cell technology has even expanded the reach of a simple room bug to infinity”

A UHF listening device

FALSE FLAG OPS - RUSSIA RISING A NEW COLD WAR FORMING? Eye Spy examines the background to the troubles in Ukraine and reveals numerous false flag operations created months ago in Moscow in a deliberate attempt to draw Kiev into conflict - thus resulting in the annexing of the Crimea and securing its base of operations for the Black Sea Fleet

EYE SPY SPECIAL REPORT

WEST POWERLESS AS RUSSIA SEIZES CRIMEA

Intelligence analysts failed to predict the UKRAINIAN CRISIS as both West and East blame each other for purposely and covertly igniting troubles

DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND THE NEW US EMBASSY IN LONDON Eye Spy examines various diplomatic security issues surrounding the existing and new US Embassy buildings in London, plus the specialist services deployed to provide embassy protection

US Marine Corp and the Diplomatic Security Service

NSA & SNOWDEN CONSPIRACIES, PLOTS, DEALS, AWARDS, SACKINGS, RESIGNATIONS, CYBER ATTACKS AND NEW POSTS RIPPLES AND DRAMA CONTINUE

Michael Rogers (left) is likely to succeed out-going NSA Director Keith Alexander (right)

MYSTERY OF FLIGHT MH370 COUNTER-TERRORIST INVESTIGATORS DEPLOYED Theories abound as Malaysian Airlines passenger aircraft disappears without trace

Left: Dato’ Azharuddin Abdul Raham, Director General of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority speaks to the media

Photograph shows the actual Malaysian Boeing 777 which crashed in the South China Seas. For reasons that remain unknown, its pilots did not send any distress signal before the aircraft suddenly disappeared from radar screens

SPY STORY A MOST SECRET MI5 AGENT Release of classified files reveals identity of a secret British agent and MI5 operation

MAJOR INTEL DIGESTS REVIEWS AND BREAKING NEWS FROM INTEL WORLD

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