India’s Secret Wars Part 3: Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

India’s Secret Wars Part 3: Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

If the purpose of an intelligence service is to inform their nation’s leaders and prevent them from being surprised, then the Sino-Indian war of 1962 was perhaps India’s worst intelligence failure. While Indian military leaders had assumed that Chinese forces would come from the north if they decided to invade what is now Arunachal Pradesh, […]

India’s Secret Wars Part 2: Intelligence Bureau (IB)

India’s Secret Wars Part 2: Intelligence Bureau (IB)

India’s intelligence services are not simply a history, but rather a legacy, which they inherited from the British colonial empire. In the colonial years, the intelligence services were used primarily as a tool to suppress Indian nationalists. Human Intelligence was gathered mainly by the Central Intelligence Bureau, but also by, “Intelligence units of the armed […]

India’s Secret Wars Part 1: Pakistan, Sikhs and Corruption

India’s Secret Wars Part 1: Pakistan, Sikhs and Corruption

With the possibility of a second war looming between India and Pakistan, the second Panthic committee consisting of Sikh separatists began to meet at the contrivance of Pakistan’s feared Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. After playing a decisive role in undermining democracy in Pakistan and ousting Benazir Bhutto, ISI again established links with Sikh insurgents […]

Weinstein Part 2: Initial Open-Source Video Analysis

Weinstein Part 2: Initial Open-Source Video Analysis

Fox News released a quick post last week regarding open-source analysis of Weinstein’s video. The posting isn’t terribly detailed, but some of the highlights from Fred Burton at Stratfor, an open-source intelligence analysis company, and my reaction: 1) Weinstein’s clothing indicate he’s likely being held in colder climate, maybe underground. Much like one of the […]