Darknet Diaries

75: Compromised Comms


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From 2009 to 2013 the communication channels the CIA uses to contact assets in foreign countries was compromised. This had terrifying consequences.

Guests this episodes are Jenna McLaughlin and Zach Dorfman.

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Sources

  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html
  • Video: Fostering Bipartisanship in Intelligence Oversight CNAS2019
  • https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article28348576.html
  • https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communications-system-helped-blow-cover-chinese-agents-intelligence/
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/asia/jerry-lee-cia-china-mole-hunt-suspect.html
  • https://news.yahoo.com/cia-fix-communications-system-left-trail-dead-agents-remains-elusive-100046908.html
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/03/21/cuban-defector-impeaches-cia-spies/10cec17c-076b-4867-96c5-628b8435a852/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ames
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    Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.

    Research assistance this episode from Yael Grauer.

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