Alex Gibney’s ‘The Agent’ — CIA, FBI, and Pre-9/11 Interagency Woes Now on Video

February 29, 2016 By domani spero in CIA, Controversies, Disasters, Federal Agencies, Interagency Cooperation, Security, Spectacular, Terrorism Tags: 9/11, 9/11 hijackers, al Qaeda, Ali Soufan, FBI, FBI Investigation, Lawrence Wright, USS Cole, Yemen

Posted: 3:10 am EDT
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The New Yorker recently launched its new video series for Amazon Video with Lawrence Wright, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Looming Tower, Ali Soufan, Former FBI Special Agent and author of The Black Banners and others discuss what the CIA knew about the 9/11 hijackers—before 9/11. The Wright piece is an old one from 2006, but the video is new, brief and concise. The film includes ex-CIA M. Scheuer who said something particularly shocking (mark 10:26) about FBI agent John O’Neill during a post – 9/11 congressional hearing. O’Neill was among the 2,753 who died on 9/11 at the World Trade Center site. We’re posting this here for that sobering part, when interagency cooperation goes exceptionally wrong. The embed video is a little buggy, if you have issues watching it, you can also see it here or available to stream here via Amazon.

The New Yorker's new TV show: Did the C.I.A. stop an F.B.I. detective from preventing 9/11? https://t.co/NaLzIFFJ87

— Neil Collier (@NeilCollier) February 18, 2016

Could the CIA have stopped 9/11? Read @lawrence_wright's @NewYorker piece that inspired #TheNewYorkerPresents short https://t.co/GFqIlpQmRx

— Jigsaw Productions (@JigsawProds) February 16, 2016

Photo of the Day: Searching for Soviet listening devices in a chimney at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow

February 29, 2016 By domani spero in Bugs, Diplomatic Security, Photo of the Day, Security, U.S. Missions Tags: historical photos, listening devices, State/DS, US Embassy Moscow, USSR

Posted: 1:40 am EDT
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June 1978: An SY security engineer searches for additional Soviet listening devices in a chimney at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, after recovering an antenna system hidden there by the Soviets. (Source: State/DS Records)

To read more about the listening devices that were placed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, also see The Great Seal Bug via counterespionage.com

@StateDept Awards Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) 2 Contracts

February 29, 2016 By domani spero in Americans Abroad, Contractors, Diplomatic Security, Foreign Service, FS Funding, Realities of the FS, Security, State Department, U.S. Missions

Posted: 1:25 am EDT
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The U.S. Department of State recently awarded multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contracts (IDIQ) to multiple U.S. firms providing security services. The fedbiz announcement says that contract types for individual task orders will vary and selected in accordance with FAR 16.104.

This IDIQ will satisfy anticipated and unanticipated armed personal protective, static guard and team based emergency response security services requirements worldwide. The IDIQ focuses primarily on DOS requirements in high threat areas. The anticipated period of performance is one year with four one-year option periods (to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government) and the maximum ceiling amount on this IDIQ contract is expected to be $10.2 billion dollars.

The contract SAQMMA15R0282 was awarded to the following contractors on February 12, 2016 but posted on FedBiz on Feb 24, 2016 :

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