Hacker News with Generative AI: CIA

How I found a Star Wars website made by the CIA (ourbigbook.com)
This article is about covert agent communication channel websites used by the CIA in many countries from the late 2000s until the early 2010s, when they were uncovered by counter intelligence of the targeted countries circa 2010-2013.

CIA, Espionage, Government, Security, History

38 points by Improvement 32 days ago | 15 comments

Possibly a Serious Possibility (kucharski.substack.com)
Sherman Kent was rattled. It was March 1951 and Kent, a CIA analyst, had found himself in a troubling conversation about some recent intelligence. A few days earlier, Kent's team had released a report titled ‘Probability of an Invasion of Yugoslavia in 1951’, which concluded that Soviet aggression against Yugoslavia ‘should be considered a serious possibility’.

Intelligence Analysis, Cold War, History, CIA

255 points by samclemens 53 days ago | 122 comments

The CIA's 'Heart Attack Gun': A Cold War Weapon for Targeted Assassinations (military.com)
Of all the Central Intelligence Agency secrets revealed to the world by the so-called Church Committee of the 1970s, perhaps none captured the American public's imagination as vividly as the agency's "heart attack gun."

CIA, Cold War, Weapons, Assassinations, History

27 points by thunderbong 65 days ago | 9 comments

Signal war plans messages disappear from CIA director's phone (newsweek.com)
Signal messages discussing sensitive U.S. military plans were not on CIA director John Ratcliffe's phone when the CIA reviewed them, the CIA's Chief Data Officer has said.

CIA, National Security, Signal, Messaging, Government

13 points by bentobean 72 days ago | 5 comments

CIA is reviewing its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels (cnn.com)

CIA, Drug Cartels, International Relations, Government, Security

11 points by LinuxBender 81 days ago | 0 comments

Existence of 'CIA Tokyo Station' revealed in new JFK files release (asahi.com)
Tokyo and Washington went to great pains in 1996 to conceal the existence of a CIA office in Tokyo, saying that the news could hurt Japan-U.S. relations, according to newly declassified U.S. documents.

Politics, Government, History, International Relations, CIA

32 points by rntn 83 days ago | 0 comments

The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – 'It was like fresh air' (theguardian.com)
A fascinating, exciting history of how the agency smuggled subversive books across the iron curtain

History, CIA, Books, Cold War

5 points by tintinnabula 99 days ago | 0 comments

Sensitive Complex Housing CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of Properties for Sale (wired.com)
A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia, that also houses a secretive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility, WIRED has learned.

Government, Real Estate, CIA, Security, US Government

5 points by perihelions 100 days ago | 2 comments

Chatbots Convinced Idiots They Cracked the Code on a Sculpture in CIA's Backyard (gizmodo.com)
Near the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a sculpture known as Kryptos. It has been there since 1990 and contains four secret codes—three of which have been solved. The final one has gone 35 years without being decrypted. And, according to a report from Wired, the sculptor responsible wants everyone to know that you are not solving the damn thing with a chatbot.

Cryptography, Artificial Intelligence, Art, CIA

12 points by pseudolus 112 days ago | 0 comments

The 'Mosaic' Method and the Value of CIA Names to U.S. Adversaries (lawfaremedia.org)

CIA, Intelligence, Espionage, National Security, Methodology

19 points by hn_acker 137 days ago | 3 comments

CIA reportedly offers buyouts to entire workforce in latest Trump-era purge (theguardian.com)
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce on Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with Donald Trump’s priorities, the Wall Street Journal and CNN have reported.

CIA, Politics, Trump Administration, Government, News

9 points by croes 142 days ago | 5 comments

Mars Exploration: How the CIA's Project Stargate Went to Mars [pdf] (cia.gov)

Mars Exploration, CIA, History

25 points by kimi 176 days ago | 46 comments

Animals in Espionage (cia.gov)
At CIA, we find inspiration in all kinds of places, including nature. From robotic catfish to real-life spy birds, animals and their look-alikes have helped Agency officers perform a variety of critical duties, including eavesdropping, intelligence gathering, security, covert communications, and photo surveillance.

Espionage, Animals, CIA, Technology

36 points by carlos-menezes 201 days ago | 20 comments

An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program: Operational Applications (1995) [pdf] (cia.gov)

Remote Viewing, CIA, Government Documents, Intelligence, Research

37 points by mmastrac 243 days ago | 23 comments

Interview Learnings from Former CIA Intelligence Officer (lopespm.com)
I’ve been getting into the habit of writing down what I learned from content I consume and I’ve recently seen an interview with Andrew Bustamante, a former CIA intelligence officer on the Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett.

Intelligence, Interviews, CIA

80 points by lopespm 288 days ago | 38 comments

The CIA's 8 steps to wreck organizations (youtube.com)

Intelligence, Organizations, Management, Strategy, CIA

11 points by TotalCrackpot 291 days ago | 0 comments

Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding (2023) (kitklarenberg.com)

Signal, Security, Funding, CIA

4 points by mvelbaum 301 days ago | 0 comments

CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything (rollingstone.com)

CIA, Espionage, Islamic Extremism, Intelligence Agencies, Personal Costs

44 points by warrenm 303 days ago | 25 comments

Signal maybe facing collapse after CIA cuts Funding (kitklarenberg.com)