A visitor walks by a 1970 real submarine used by the French secret agents as real-life spy gadgets of secret agents around the world are displayed at the 'Secret Wars' exhibition i...
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The Lee-Enfield 303-inch SMLE and the golden dagger of Thomas Edward Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') are displayed with real-life spy gadgets of secret agents around the world as p...
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A visitor looks at real-life spy gadgets and weapons of secret agents around the world displayed as part of the 'Secret Wars' exhibition at Invalides Museum, in Paris.
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The passport of a Czech agent used to disguise as a nun is displayed with real-life spy gadgets of secret agents around the world as part of the 'Secret Wars' exhibition at Invalid...
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A TV grab of KuL Yadav Bhushan, whom Pakistan has arrested for his alleged links with India’s foreign espionage agency RAW.
A cement bust of America's most-wanted whistleblower Edward Snowden, once famously confiscated by police, returned to public display in New York to kick off a street art festival.
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People gather outside the military hospital waving Chilean flags as a way of celebrating after the death of Gen. Manuel Contreras was confirmed by the government in Santiago, Chil...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his defence chief for sleeping during a meeting and talking back to the young leader, South Korea's spy agency said, citing what it called ...
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington as she arrives to release a report on the CIA's harsh inte...
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File: Veteran American diplomat Robin Raphel, known for her strong pro-Pakistan leanings, has been placed under federal counter intelligence investigation.
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CBI director Ranjit Sinha
It is the decline of the dining table conversation that hurts the most. It was oft...
Narendra Bisht
The National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade.
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Al-Qaeda inspired militants stand with captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The fighting at Be...
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Man of action Sayed Asif Ibrahim, who will take over as IB chief on Dec 31
Ex-IB director Ajit Doval
Jitender Gupta
File photo of Beulah who was arrested for showing fake ID Card and entering ISRO at Old Airport Road in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Officers of the NIA collect evidence from the site of Wednesday's blast at the Delhi High Court, in New Delhi.
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An officer of the NIA collects evidence from a tree top from the site of a blast at Delhi High court in New Delhi.
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Officers of the NIA collect evidence from the site of a blast at Delhi High court in New Delhi. Agencies are scrambling for leads on the briefcase bombing outside the courthouse in...
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CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, leaves after briefing members of Congress on Capitol Hill Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Washington.
Why are we merely content with uttering clichés on heroism of soldiers after their deaths and do nothing substantial towards intelligence-led preventive action? writes Vappala Balachandran.
The publicity of 'Musharraf Tapes' in 1999, which were 'unprocessed' intelligence and would reveal the source, was touted as a diplomatic triumph. But what followed was that the source had dried up immediately.
It is true that criminals are used by intelligence and crime agencies all over the world to collect information. However, checking them not to exceed their brief is the most difficult responsibility, writes Vappala Balachandran.
Established protocols on relationship between the armed forces and intelligence agencies should not be tinkered with, unless approved after careful deliberation.
On 14 February this year, 40 Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) personnel were killed in a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) orchestrated terror attack in South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Munir, who previously served as the head of the Military Intelligence (MI), was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General by the Army Promotion Board headed by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Former spies, who returned to India after imprisonment in Pakistan and were disowned by Indian intelligence agencies they worked for, went on to launch NGO called Jammu Ex-sleuths.
The 26/11 frame is an apt one to survey and take stock of India’s readiness and/or vulnerabilities today. Sheer shock and awe ensured it was a day of reckoning for India’s internal security apparatus: its strengths and weaknesses were on public display.
Track II is a behind-the-scenes bridge to efforts at resolution. Dulat and Durrani’s informative ‘intel dialogue’ falls short of the candour that might make a difference.