Friday, December 29, 2000

Eraser: Wipe files from your hard drive
Eraser is a free file wipe utility that securely removes sensitive data from your hard drive. It easy to use, well documented, and effective.
Spy agencies enter kinder, gentler age on Web
In these post-Cold War days, with formerly hot spy thrillers on the remainder table, the spook business has taken to the Internet with a warmer, friendlier image, to let the public know that it is still there and, by the way, is even looking for help.
Defense Intelligence Agency - Homepage
As a Combat Support Agency of the Department of Defense, the DIA mission is to provide timely, objective, and cogent military intelligence to the warfighters, soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and to the decisionmakers and policy makers of the United States Department of Defense and United States Government.
Intelligence Resource Program
Federation of American Scientist website. This site provides a selection of official and unofficial resources on intelligence policy, structure, function, organization and operations.
Eyes Only: Espionage Museum Planned for D.C.
Fans of the spy game will be stirred, not shaken by the news: A Cleveland-based company said yesterday it intends to open "the largest permanent exhibit dedicated to the history of espionage" in downtown Washington by the spring of 2002.
Critters that dig tunnels under our feet
Some researchers and scholars believe that the Third Reich collapsed because of a mole. (A big and highly specialized mole, to be sure.) This mole was a Soviet agent working inside Hitler's headquarters. His codename was "Werther." The importance of Werther lies in the fact that he was able to transmit Hitler's plans to Stalin in a matter of hours. In some instances, Stalin saw Germany's war plans before the German field commanders saw them.
In a book entitled "Hitler's Traitor," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Louis Kilzer now claims to have discovered the identity of Werther. Using previous secret World War II archives, Kilzer builds a convincing case that Werther was none other than Martin Bormann, Hitler's most trusted deputy.
Israel Acknowledges Hunting Down Arab Militants
Senior Israeli officials have acknowledged a new tactic of hunting down and killing individual Palestinian militants whom Israel holds responsible for planning attacks on or attacking its citizens.
CIA's Tree: Some Kind of Secret
LANGLEY, Virginia -- The hottest holiday party at CIA headquarters is put on by the masters of spy gadgetry who use Christmas ornaments to display the latest technology.

It's not cameras in cigarette lighters anymore, but the tree at the Office of Technical Service party this year would thrill even fans of the fictional "Q" who produced pens that could fire bullets and cars that could swim for British agent James Bond.
Chinese espionage handbook details ease of swiping secrets
China's government is engaged in large-scale science and technology spying targeted primarily on gaining U.S. defense secrets for military use, according to a translated Chinese government manual.
Terrorists Plotted Jan. 2000 Attacks
Islamic militants headed by Osama bin Laden appear to have planned a spectacular three-country attack last January that would have included multiple bombings in Jordan and the United States and the sinking of a U.S. destroyer in Yemen, the Clinton administration's counterterrorism chief said last week.
Security-Enhanced Linux
Recently the U.S. National Security Agency released a distribution
called Security-enhanced Linux.
This includes a modified version of the kernel and some utilities that
provide a new mandatory access control architecture for Linux.