These Are The Latest Rumors in the Spying and Killing Game
A few weeks ago we started using the hashtag #PZintel to report (and speculate about) things of interest in the world of spying and killing. Follow us on Twitter @GawkerPhaseZero in order to keep track of these secrets large and small, as well as rumors that have echoed from the depths. If you have intel to share, contact me at sultana@gawker.com or Bill at william.arkin@gawker.com.
Here is a round-up of the tweets we’ve published so far:
#PZintel: Shibboleth program allows automatic determination of native language for border patrols and ship boarding.
May 29, 2015
#PZintel: Map of commercial satellite imagery currently being purchased by @deptofdefense for #ISIS coverage. pic.twitter.com/wlPDNgmhHi
May 29, 2015
#PZintel: August 2013 Pentagon directive changed focus of 82nd Abn Div training rotation at NTC to an Iran #WMD scenario
May 28, 2015
#PZintel Request: Anyone have any idea what STRATCOM WATCHCON Change Reports (WCR) are used for? Specifically?
May 28, 2015
#PZintel: @dhs_ice (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) creating a Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC) just like, umm, the military
May 28, 2015
#PZintel: @NoradNorthcom has 17 national level contingency plans in support of "defense of North America."
May 27, 2015
#PZintel: Tower Hawk weapon system - another emerging autonomous killer robot #decepticonsunite pic.twitter.com/KFOyzggWz0
May 27, 2015
#PZintel: Sudden Spirit, a @usairforce intel prgm that looks at connections between known terrorist groups and foreign civil air carriers.
May 27, 2015
#PZintel: @AirtronicUsa of Elk Grove Village, IL producing RPG-7 anti-tank launchers for @USArmy
May 26, 2015
#PZintel: Test of low collateral damage bomb at China Lake range inCalifornia. pic.twitter.com/OsKiaDdCic
May 26, 2015
#PZintel: @ICEgov 24/7 intelligence watch center under the watchful eye of a contractor McMannis and Monsalve
May 26, 2015
#PZintel: @ODNIgov Summer Hard Problems Program (SHARP) investigated use of social media as "covert communications channels” for terrorists
May 26, 2015
#PZintel: Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance (DCMA) sly expansion of emgcy functions into everyday critical infrastructure protection
May 22, 2015
#PZintel: Naval intelligence Naval Undersea Research and Threat Analysis Center (NURTAC) being connected to the cloud
May 22, 2015
#PZintel: @CENTCOM has 23 ops plans in its file cabinets: 10 Campaign Plans, 7 Contingency Plans, 6 Functional Plans
May 22, 2015
#PZintel: JCS J34 "Foxhole" Watch Cell responsible for force protection in the field and green-on-blue threats
May 21, 2015
#PZintel: According to @FBI, Exit 14 area in NJ is highest concentration of critical infrastructure, industrial sites, population in the US
May 21, 2015
#PZintel: Intel community ramping up video production departments like everyone else – next stop no one to read ever again #idiocracyisreal
May 20, 2015
#PZintel: DHS Regional Resilience Assessment Program (RRAP) collecting data on private sector under guise of critical infrastructure safety
May 20, 2015
#PZIntel: @deptofdefense (DOD) Consolidated Intelligence Guidance directs a review of Defense Clandestine Service foreign partnerships
May 19, 2015
#PZintel: 37 Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) tethered aerostat surveillance balloons now over AF & Iraq pic.twitter.com/14XG2XDyaW
May 19, 2015
#PZintel: @DefenseIntel (DIA) nows has #HUMINT at more than 70 Embassy and non-Embassy locations worldwide, including 12 African countries
May 19, 2015
#PZintel: New anti-money launder & CT-finance program aimed at Iranian-owned, Dubai-based Money Service Businesses (MSBs) dealing with #WMD
May 11, 2015
#PZintel: RC-135 Rivert Joint, Combat Sent and Cobra Ball #NSA aircraft and systems have cost #3.2B since 1981 and still flying #RAF too
May 8, 2015
#PZintel: #FBI Special Flight Ops Unit flies #Gulfstream V's on recon, #VIP and courier missions #gettingslizzard pic.twitter.com/FInMth8AmF
May 8, 2015
#PZintel: FBI aviation flies 30+ recon arcft that have been involved in DC Sniper, #OKC, and police corruption cases. pic.twitter.com/WPgeuYSCMI
May 7, 2015
#PZintel: Before #JadeHelm, Abraxas mngd $80M prgm teaching SOF personnel in SW US to conduct clandestine collection pic.twitter.com/EYQGMHSHUH
May 6, 2015
#PZintel: Not just #FBI planes over Baltimore- #NationalGuard Joint Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Team (JIT) brokered other recon
May 6, 2015
#PZintel: Super-secret #JSOC activates Task Force 9 to replace Task Force 27 as #counterterror force in the field. More info, anyone?
May 5, 2015
#PZintel: #Predator and #Reaper #drones currently flying 11,000 combat air patrols annually, 30 a day worldwide,
May 5, 2015
#PZintel: The real #NCIS has a $450 million budget, 2300 personnel, over 194 offices, agents in over 40 countries.
May 4, 2015
TIL #PACOM monitors 600+ infrared events/year, assessing #Chinese #Russian #DPRK launches to determine immediate threats- 2 a day! #pzintel
May 4, 2015