Disaster blamed on 'anti-refugee' policies - The West Australian

Disaster blamed on 'anti-refugee' policies - The West Australian: "Refugee advocates have blamed the Government's 'anti-refugee' policies for yesterday's Christmas Island boat tragedy and warned that desperate asylum seekers would continue to make the hazardous voyage to Australia in search of a better life."

ASIO working hard as boats keep coming

ASIO working hard as boats keep coming: "ASIO's workload checking the security details of asylum seekers has more than doubled in the past year."

The West, Islam and Sharia: WikiLeaks: Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East

The West, Islam and Sharia: WikiLeaks: Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: "AUSTRALIAN intelligence agencies fear that Israel may launch military strikes against Iran and Tehran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities could draw the US and Australia into a potential nuclear war in the Middle East."

Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: WikiLeaks Exclusive

Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: WikiLeaks Exclusive: "AUSTRALIAN intelligence agencies fear that Israel may launch military strikes against Iran and Tehran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities could draw the US and Australia into a potential nuclear war in the Middle East."

Terrorist allowed to walk free early | The Daily Telegraph

Terrorist allowed to walk free early | The Daily Telegraph: "AUSTRALIA'S most notorious terrorist, Willie Brigitte, has been released from prison on good behaviour, despite having served less than half his sentence for plotting to bomb the nation's nuclear reactor."

Julian Assange protest comes to Canberra | The RiotACT

"Join the protests around Australia and the world to defend Assange and Wikileaks. The Canberra demo will be on Thursday the 16th of December – two days after Assange’s next court appearance."

Arbib no spy, says Loosley | The Australian

"MARK Arbib was not a spy and was in fact acting in Australia's interests when he told US diplomats what was going on inside the ALP."

Rohan Gunaratna masterminding a ‘cover-up’ for Sri Lanka and its president By Usha Sris-Skanda Rajah. | Tamil Daily News

"... ASIO and ASIS need to double their strength. They also need to acquire greater powers to operate effectively and efficiently" ...

Poet and painter in Villawood detention centre | Green Left Weekly

"Iniyan and Ravi (names have been changed to protect their identities) are Tamil asylum seekers currently imprisoned at Villawood detention centre. Both detainees use art to show the oppression of Tamils in their homeland of Sri Lanka." ...

Australians 'added to terrorism watch list' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The New York Times is reporting that 23 Australian citizens have been added to a US terrorism watch list because of their activities in Yemen."

David Hick's torture camp diary | Green Left Weekly

"A common right-wing perception is that one either is, or is not, a member of David Hicks’ “cheer squad”."

Triangle's grand dame gets a facelift - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

Triangle's grand dame gets a facelift - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times: "... One of the first to go up in the Parliamentary Triangle, it opened in 1941 as the Patent Office, and in the early years, the British High Commission occupied the east wing on the upper floor, while the Federal Police and the local branch of what would become ASIO took up the upper part of the west wing." ...

Aust spy bases shut down to 'save money' - The West Australian

Aust spy bases shut down to 'save money' - The West Australian: "Australia's foreign spy agency has closed six of its international intelligence stations in eight months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open." ...

ParlInfo - Title Details

ParlInfo - Title Details: "The purpose of the Bill is to facilitate increased cooperation, assistance and information sharing in areas of key national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO)." ...

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Australia-Indonesian relations: Making them work | The Jakarta Post

Australia-Indonesian relations: Making them work | The Jakarta Post: "How do you build bilateral relations? President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) answered this question when he addressed Australia’s Parliament in Canberra on March 10, 2010. On Australia–Indonesia relations, one way to build ties is to improve public perceptions of each other, Yudhoyono said." ...

WikiLeaks may shed light on Dubai | The Australian Jewish News

WikiLeaks may shed light on Dubai | The Australian Jewish News: "CABLEGATE, the name the internet site WikiLeaks has given to its controversial decision to publish hundreds of thousands of classified US embassy cables online, may potentially reveal insights into this year’s Dubai passport scandal, it was reported this week." ...

Charges against terrorist dropped | News.com.au

Charges against terrorist dropped | News.com.au: "CHARGES have been dropped against convicted terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi for allegedly lying to Australia's national security agency." ...

Two Sri Lankans ruled security risks | The Australian

Two Sri Lankans ruled security risks | The Australian: "TWO more Sri Lankan asylum-seekers have been declared security threats by ASIO." ...

Don't cry over WikiLeaks

Don't cry over WikiLeaks: "Instead of pursuing the website for espionage, Australia should question potential US misconduct." ...

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "WikiLeaks is under intense pressure after its mass dump of sensitive US documents, with China demanding action, the website facing cyber attack, and a defector announcing a rival site." ...

The Canberra cables: next WikiLeaks drop to jeopardise World Cup bid? | Crikey

The Canberra cables: next WikiLeaks drop to jeopardise World Cup bid? | Crikey: "The Australian government knows exactly what is in the WikiLeaks documents." ...

ZIONIST TORTURE AND PALESTINIAN BETRAYAL

ZIONIST TORTURE AND PALESTINIAN BETRAYAL: "Next week, on the 10th of December, marks 2 years since my first email protesting the ongoing zionist Gestapo torture of myself and of my daughter here, in Australia ." ...

Editors cool on WikiLeaks censorship - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Editors cool on WikiLeaks censorship - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Editors around Australia are not likely to respond favourably to potential requests from the Federal Government that they not publish potentially damaging information revealed by WikiLeaks." ...

Cable Viewer

Cable Viewer: "... This document release reveals the contradictions between the US’s public persona and what it says behind closed doors – and shows that if citizens in a democracy want their governments to reflect their wishes, they should ask to see what’s going on behind the scenes." ...

WikiLeaks irresponsible

WikiLeaks irresponsible: "As Queensland born and founder of the WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, continues to cause concern for international diplomacy, more classified information has been released from WikiLeaks. " ...

WikiLeaks could have freezing effect on diplomacy - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks could have freezing effect on diplomacy - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "As governments work to limit the fallout from the latest WikiLeaks cables, former diplomats are defending the code of secrecy and say the revelations will change the way diplomacy is conducted." ...

To publish or not to publish? | The Australian

To publish or not to publish? | The Australian: "AN organisation has obtained secret, newsworthy documents, but they could also be damaging to national interests and individuals. Do you publish?" ...

ASIO doctor review | Herald Sun

ASIO doctor review | Herald Sun: "THE Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has launched a massive security review of foreign doctors, investigating how they entered Australia, according to Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews." ...

Some junk needs to be touched - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Some junk needs to be touched - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "'... Having already experienced an exponential growth in budget and personnel, doubling its staff over five years, ASIO is one of Australia’s least accountable agencies.'" ...

Keeping data under lock and keyboard

Keeping data under lock and keyboard: "... The smart attackers ''don't hack software and hardware, they hack people'' to plant malware in organisations, Baar says." ...

About Wikileaks

About Wikileaks: "WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Our goal is to bring important news and information to the public." ...

Security breach investigation | The Daily Telegraph

Security breach investigation | The Daily Telegraph: "WIKILEAKS mastermind Australian Julian Assange is being investigated for breaching national security and could be thrown in jail if he ever returns to Australia." ...

WikiLeaks cables not so damaging: expert - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks cables not so damaging: expert - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "... In the secret files, Australia is described as a 'rock solid' but uninfluential US ally." ...

Spooks and soldiers seconded to examine secret cables

Spooks and soldiers seconded to examine secret cables: "A TASKFORCE of Australian soldiers, spies and officials has been formed to pore over 250,000 US files being published by WikiLeaks."...

Living in the shadow of al-Qa'ida | The Australian

Living in the shadow of al-Qa'ida | The Australian: "... The Australian government's counter-terrorism white paper in February noted we were seeing more threats to the West from Somalia and Yemen." ...

ASIO report to parliament 2009-10 | Australian Policy Online

ASIO report to parliament 2009-10 | Australian Policy Online: "The communications revolution has fashioned new security frontiers, with cyber espionage and the increasing technological sophistication of adversaries emerging as key concerns." ...

UTS fingerprint technology put to the test

UTS fingerprint technology put to the test: "... Organisations involved with clandestine forensics such as the FBI, ASIO and CIA have also expressed interest and are among the potential customers."

Canberra on alert for WikiLeaks | Perth Now

Canberra on alert for WikiLeaks | Perth Now: "AUSTRALIAN officials are bracing for a massive leak of classified US State Department cables." ...

Speaking of Siev X… | Inner West LIVE

Speaking of Siev X… | Inner West LIVE: "... To the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the owners of the conquered ground on which we stand today, the latest wave of rose-coloured proto-nationalism in the Adelaide Hills must represent a sickening irony." ...

Please, sir, can we have our $40m - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

...Please, sir, can we have our $40m - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times: "... At least 1100 car park spaces will be created in ASIO's $600 million headquarters in Constitution Avenue when it's completed in 2012."

Middle East Reality Check: Behind the ASIO Assessment

Middle East Reality Check: Behind the ASIO Assessment: "An example of the obscenity which is Australia's treatment of asylum seekers:" ...

Middle East Reality Check: Those Were the Days My Friend

Middle East Reality Check: Those Were the Days My Friend: "Australia's foreign spy agency has closed 6 of its international intelligence stations in 8 months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open" ...

Hoosier Daddy...in Oz!: "Best Mates?"

Hoosier Daddy...in Oz!: "Best Mates?": "... One source said that the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) could be sometimes involved, as Howard government legislation allowed our foreign spy service to carry weapons, allegedly only in self-defence." ...

Churches call for Support for Iraqi Christians | Scoop News

Churches call for Support for Iraqi Christians | Scoop News: "The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) shares the grief of Iraqi Christians following deadly attacks whilst people attended church in Baghdad." ...

Australian Intelligence Service Closes Foreign Stations | Intelligent Intelligence

Australian Intelligence Service Closes Foreign Stations | Intelligent Intelligence: "... An anonymous source claims the closures have occurred predominantly in the Middle East, including the loss of ASIS’s largest station in Baghdad." ...

Australian Intelligence Community (AIC): Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)

Australian Intelligence Community (AIC): Defence Signals Directorate (DSD): "The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) is a member of the Australian Intelligence Community. Each Australian Government intelligence agency performs a specific role that protects Australians and Australia’s interests nationally and internationally." ...

Tireless fighter for Aboriginal rights

Tireless fighter for Aboriginal rights: "DR ROBERTA Sykes, a self-described chameleon who defied conventions to become a well-known activist for indigenous rights as well as a poet and author of renown, has died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney after failing to recover from a stroke suffered eight years ago. She was 67." ...

Accountability: Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)

Accountability: Defence Signals Directorate (DSD): "The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) is accountable to the Department of Defence, the Australian Government and the independent Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security." ...

Spy bases shut down to 'save money'

Spy bases shut down to 'save money': "AUSTRALIA'S foreign spy agency has closed six of its international intelligence stations in eight months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open." ...

ASM:: BAE recruits cyber security expert

ASM:: BAE recruits cyber security expert: "BAE Systems has recruited one of Australia's foremost proponents in cyber security to lead the company's activities in this rapidly expanding domain." ...

Infosecurity (UK) - Report reveals Australia's IT infrastructure being hit by hundreds of security threats

Infosecurity (UK) - Report reveals Australia's IT infrastructure being hit by hundreds of security threats: "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has published its annual report, revealing that it is investigating 'hundreds' of security threats against Australia's critical national IT infrastructure." ...

Wilkie to oversee agencies

Wilkie to oversee agencies: "AN intelligence analyst turned Iraq war whistleblower will today be appointed to one of the country's most secretive and important parliamentary committees designed to oversee Australia's intelligence community." ...

Hidden Agendas | The Monthly

Hidden Agendas | The Monthly: "On the northern shore of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, in the heart of the prized parliamentary triangle, a concrete and glass monolith is rising from the dirt. On a site the size of three city blocks and with floor space measuring 62,000 square metres, it is the biggest construction project Canberra has seen since the new Parliament House, which was the most expensive building in the Southern Hemisphere when it was opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1988." ...

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Police check student who filmed near ASIO

Police check student who filmed near ASIO: "STUDENTS filming near the controversial new headquarters of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation prompted a late-night police check." ...

Howard adviser lands top spy job - National - smh.com.au

Howard adviser lands top spy job - National - smh.com.au: " ,,, Mr Howard said Mr O'Sullivan would provide strong but considered leadership to ASIO as it expanded its role in maintaining Australia's security ..."

Paper trail leaves red prints on Labor's past | The Australian

Paper trail leaves red prints on Labor's past | The Australian: "Arthur Gietzelt's denials of being a communist activist are at odds with ASIO records" ...

Aunty's sneering aside, ASIO effectively kept communists in check | The Australian

Aunty's sneering aside, ASIO effectively kept communists in check | The Australian: "A retired ASIO officer responds, point by point" ...

Security monitor: we're still waiting

Security monitor: we're still waiting: "Almost eight months after the position of national security legislation monitor was created, it remains empty." ...

The Court said Moti conspiracy charges inside - mariaybsr2 - 博客大巴

The Court said Moti conspiracy charges inside - mariaybsr2 - 博客大巴: "Barrister government agencies, Douglas Campbell, SC, told the court Moti or claim that the Australian government carried out its prosecution of concerns 'has been an obstacle to any political interests will lead to the Solomon Islands."

Rejection of the Communist Party Dissolution Act at the Referendum on 22 September 1951 | Workers Bush Telegraph

Rejection of the Communist Party Dissolution Act at the Referendum on 22 September 1951 | Workers Bush Telegraph

ADM: BAE appoints cyber chief

ADM: BAE appoints cyber chief: "BAE Systems has recruited Tim Scully, a former Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) senior executive with over 26 years of experience in the Australian intelligence community, to head the company's new Cyber Support Unit (CSU)." ...

Why Governments and Bankers Fear a Gold Standard

Why Governments and Bankers Fear a Gold Standard: "... “The system should also consider employing gold as an international reference point of market expectations about inflation, deflation and future currency values. Although textbooks may view gold as the old money, markets are using gold as an alternative monetary asset today.” ...

SA man posed as a spy in eleborate scams

SA man posed as a spy in eleborate scams: "An Adelaide man who posed as a spy and boasted of having people kidnapped, tortured and even killed has been jailed for elaborate scams to con former AFL players out of thousands of dollars." ...

Cloak-and-dagger conman Aloysius Robert Hastings gets jail | Adelaide Now

Cloak-and-dagger conman Aloysius Robert Hastings gets jail | Adelaide Now: "A CONMAN whose tales of spies, crime lords and hitmen 'would put a John le Carre novel to shame' has been jailed for seven years." ...

Offensive on Aussie militants - Silobreaker

Offensive on Aussie militants - Silobreaker: "Exremists will be targeted in an unprecedented internet offensive aimed at heading off the threat of homegrown terrorists in Australia. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation -- which is investigating hundreds of potential terror concerns and is worried about the activities of some citizens abroad..." ...

I Spry The Rise And Fall Of A Master Spy WS PDTV XviD-W4F - daLoad.com - RapidShare Warez Board

I Spry The Rise And Fall Of A Master Spy WS PDTV XviD-W4F - daLoad.com - RapidShare Warez Board

ASIO creates wiretap hub

ASIO creates wiretap hub: "telecommunications interception organisation has been created within the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide wiretapping advice to law enforcement agencies." ...

Lateline - 05/11/2010: Australian pilots call for security overhaul

Lateline - 05/11/2010: Australian pilots call for security overhaul: "STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: Australian airline pilots have called for a massive overhaul of cargo freight security in the wake of the discovery of two packages with explosive devices on cargo planes heading to the United States from Yemen." ...

Top spy was a man of extremes | The Australian

Top spy was a man of extremes | The Australian: "ADMIRERS and detractors alike have a blinkered opinion of Charles Spry."

Mamdouh Habib passport appeal dismissed

Mamdouh Habib passport appeal dismissed: "Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has lost his bid for an Australian passport after his appeal to the Federal Court was dismissed." ...

ASIO tailed WA ex-JI man 'for years' | Perth Now

ASIO tailed WA ex-JI man 'for years' | Perth Now: "THE ex-jihadist and West Australian at the centre of a mosque row in Norway has been monitored by Norwegian and Australian authorities for years." ...

ASIO tailed ex-JI man 'for years' | The Australian

ASIO tailed ex-JI man 'for years' | The Australian: "THE ex-jihadist and Australian at the centre of a mosque row in Norway has been monitored by Norwegian and Australian authorities for years." ,,,

Jaundiced view of ASIO history | The Australian

Jaundiced view of ASIO history | The Australian: "ANYONE interested in ASIO's Cold War counter-espionage activities in Australia would have been better off reading an authoritative history book than enduring the ABC's highly subjective documentary I, Spry in last night's schedule." ...

Sri Lanka Guardian: China’s economic espionage prowess

Sri Lanka Guardian: China’s economic espionage prowess: "Over the past couple of decades, there is growing body of scholarly works, including electronic and print media reports that speak of China’s growing prowess in economic espionage. Andrew Jones, Head of security Technology Research, BT Security Centre, Adjunct, Edith Cowan University, has called China’s economic espionage operations as an affair of ‘hi-tech world’. i James Mulvenon, Director of DGI’s Centre for Intelligence Research and Analysis, has found the ‘innovation firms’ around the world as most vulnerable targets to Chinese economic espionage operations.ii" ...

Raytheon Australia launches security solutions business :: Security Management

Raytheon Australia launches security solutions business :: Security Management: "Raytheon Australia’s newest business unit, Raytheon Australia Security Solutions, was officially opened last week by Lynn Dugle, vice president, Raytheon Company and president, Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS)." ...

Aussie deported on ASIO request - says media

Aussie deported on ASIO request - says media: "Qu�? Deported? Oh no!" ...

From the Petrov affair to reds under beds: Menzies' flawed secret agent | The Australian

From the Petrov affair to reds under beds: Menzies' flawed secret agent | The Australian: "AUSTRALIA'S spy agencies are more powerful now than at any time in their history." ...

Brandis seeks terror brief | The Australian

Brandis seeks terror brief | The Australian: "THE opposition is seeking an ASIO briefing on the extent of the terrorism threat from Yemen." ...

Aussie 'jihadist' Andrew Ibrahim Wenham in Norway mosque battle | The Australian

Aussie 'jihadist' Andrew Ibrahim Wenham in Norway mosque battle | The Australian: "A FORMER Australian jihadist who trained with the Indonesian militant group Jemaah Islamiah and later left Australia for Yemen has resurfaced in Norway." ...

Open and Shut: The Minister and the Commissioner respond to questions

Open and Shut: The Minister and the Commissioner respond to questions: "Transcripts of Q and A at Monday's launch of the Office of Australian Information Commissioner involving Minister O'Connor and Commissioner Professor McMillan at a doorstop at Parliament House, and an interview between the Commissioner and iT News both contain useful insights.�" ...

In defence of I, Spry - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In defence of I, Spry - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "In his syndicated Fairfax column Gerard Henderson (November 2) reproaches the ABC for daring to broadcast my ‘unbalanced’ documentary I, Spry this Thursday." ...

Australian Truth Teller, Andrew Wilkie, Becomes Member of Intelligence and Security Committee

Australian Truth Teller, Andrew Wilkie, Becomes Member of Intelligence and Security Committee: "A glimmer of hope that the truth about Australia's intelligence Middle East extremism has emerged with the appointment of Tasmanian Independent MP Andrew Wilkie. Asem Judeh, AMPC president, says Mr Wilkie has been a beacon of hope in his noble willingness to expose the truth over the Iraq war intelligence." ...

Australians may have contacted terrorist bomb plotters in Yemen

Australians may have contacted terrorist bomb plotters in Yemen: "As many�as 40 Australians who have travelled to the terrorist hotspot Yemen and now live here represent potential threats to the nation's security, with some having direct contact with members of the terrorist group responsible for the weekend cargo bomb plot." ...

Visits to Yemen a terror threat

Visits to Yemen a terror threat: "AS MANY as 40 Australians who have travelled to terrorist hot spot Yemen represent a potential security threat as some have had direct contact with members of the terrorist group responsible for the weekend cargo bomb plot." ...

Islamism is the most important issue we face | The Australian

Islamism is the most important issue we face | The Australian: "This despite well over 20 terrorist convictions including one that involved an Islamic group planning a Mumbai-style attack with a cache of weapons that has 'disappeared'. Yet Australia and the Western world now face a new major threat to life from groups or individuals who have extremist Islamic beliefs. This threat is the most important issue we face." ...

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Australian deported from Malaysia met Al-Qaeda men: report

Australian deported from Malaysia met Al-Qaeda men: report: "SYDNEY: An Australian man deported from Malaysia had been mixing with foreigners with ties to Al-Qaeda and has a brother who was convicted of a major terror offence, a report said Tuesday." ...

Opposition seeks ASIO briefing

Opposition seeks ASIO briefing: "The federal opposition has sought a briefing from the nation's peak intelligence agency about any known links between Australians and Yemeni militants." ...

The West, Islam and Sharia: Australia: Crackdown on Yemen terror links after US parcel bombs

The West, Islam and Sharia: Australia: Crackdown on Yemen terror links after US parcel bombs: "COUNTER-TERRORISM investigators are sharpening their focus on Australians with known links to Yemeni militants." ...

Pommy spies eye Australian jobs

Pommy spies eye Australian jobs: "More Bondi than Bond." ...

Crackdown on Yemen terror links after US parcel bombs | The Australian

Crackdown on Yemen terror links after US parcel bombs | The Australian: "COUNTER-TERRORISM investigators are sharpening their focus on Australians with known links to Yemeni militants." ...

Australian deported after ASIO request | Herald Sun

Australian deported after ASIO request | Herald Sun: "THE brother of a man convicted of a major terrorist offence has been deported from Malaysia following a request by ASIO to cancel his passport on security grounds." ...

Agents market asylum dream | The Australian

Agents market asylum dream | The Australian: "ON Tuesday last week, 17-year-old Zabih received the phone call he has been dreaming of from his cousin in Australia.

'He told me that Afghans have suffered a lot but finally things are getting better for them now that your government is allowing asylum-seekers and families to live in the community,' the affable young Afghan refugee told The Australian at his family's restaurant in suburban Islamabad." ...

How ASIO got it right during a time it got so much wrong | Article | The Punch

How ASIO got it right during a time it got so much wrong | Article | The Punch: ... "ASIO in the late sixties and seventies was clearly out of control, and what’s worse, the film-makers have found evidence in Spry’s Royal Commission testimony that he believed his own organisation had been penetrated, perhaps as early as the late Fifties, by the KGB." ...

Raytheon Australia: Growing Raytheon's cybersecurity capabilities

Raytheon Australia: Growing Raytheon's cybersecurity capabilities: "

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M: This sounds like we will be supporting some new and different customers. Who are they and what are their priorities?

AP: Yes, one of the main markets for Security Solutions is the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC), which includes civil and Defence agencies. We also serve the Intelligence Community of our Allies. Each of these customers has their own missions and particular approaches to their work. There are of course, stringent and vitally important security requirements to satisfy, but that is something Raytheon is comfortable with. As for any sophisticated customer, we will be focusing on the basics of performance, bringing great technologies and solutions, supporting the mission and being a trusted partner."

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ABC The Drum - I Spry with my little eye

ABC The Drum - I Spry with my little eye: ... "Now we know even more about the Petrov Affair, and ASIO's role in it, and a docudrama screening on the ABC next Thursday lays out a great deal of the new information. It's called I, Spry, and in it Tony Lllewellyn-Jones gives a masterful performance as Charles Spry, the founding director of ASIO. Central to the performance are recreations of a series of interviews which Spry gave to the Hope Royal Commission in 1976. There's also remarkable surveillance footage from the time, when ASIO was going to extraordinary lengths to watch what suspected Communist sympathisers were doing." ...

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Intelligence Reference: ELLIS, DICK

Intelligence Reference: ELLIS, DICK: "Born in Australia in 1895, C. H. “Dick” Ellis joined the� Secret Intelligence Service in Paris in 1923, after graduating from the Sorbonne." ...

'No breach of national security' from ASIO papers - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

'No breach of national security' from ASIO papers - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The head of ASIO says there was no breach of national security arising from documents mentioning the intelligence agency that were found during a drug raid last month." ...

ASIO creates wiretap hub - Security - News

ASIO creates wiretap hub - Security - News: "A telecommunications interception organisation has been created within the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide wiretapping advice to law enforcement agencies." ...

Australia visa rejections increase amid security fears � VISA 2 TOUR

Australia visa rejections increase amid security fears � VISA 2 TOUR: "The number of Australian visas refused for security fears has seen a substantial increase, according to new statistics released yesterday." ...

Security upgrades to hit passengers' costs | The Australian

Security upgrades to hit passengers' costs | The Australian: "AIRLINES and their passengers have been warned to brace for a 'potentially massive surge' in security costs at international airports as a result of a series of ASIO reports on airport vulnerabilities." ...