After secret talks in a room designed to prevent bugging, British tour operator Thomas Cook has bought a majority stake in Intourist, the Russian travel agency founded under Joseph Stalin. (
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Stalin founded a travel agency?!?!(Shrugs shoulders, walks away with a head full of jokes that will never see the light of day.) Sortalike when you’re in a Siberian… (Slaps hand over mouth.)
Steven Soderbergh is an awful busy director, normally banging out at least a film a year. But it’s been a while since he did something blockbuster wise which may now all change.
According to The Heat Vision Blog, the Oscar winning director of
Ocean’s 11 and
Traffic is developing a big screen adaptation of the classic 60s series,
The Man From UNCLE. The show involved lots of espionage and spying, and was co-created by the man behind
James Bond,
Ian Flemming. Apparently Warner Bros. have been trying to get a film version made for about 15 years. (
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I had the experience of seeing Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney work together on a spy theme show. They are great. Hope this project brings them together once more. U.N.C.L.E. was everyone’s favorite.
from a recent press release…
…is the world’s leading provider of high attenuating radio frequency and infrared optically clear substrates for privacy and electronic eavesdropping protection i.e. RF flood attacks, “bugs”, LASER attacks,
thermal imaging, also known as Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures (TSCM). (
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Dudes. Thermal imaging?!?!
1. Thermal imaging is not an electronic eavesdropping technique.
2. Thermal imaging is not even a visual privacy invading technique.
Attending and presenting at the annual ERI meeting means telling clients we will be unavailable for a few days. They understand once I tell them what goes on behind these closed doors. The information I gather directly benefits them. If you think any of this can help you, give me a call and I will brief you in greater detail.
This is what I heard today…
• Need to track down Cellular, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals?
Berkerley Varitronics RF Detection Products probably has just the little handheld instrument you need. Each instrument, with its own weird name (Yellowjacket, Swarm, Mantis, WatchHound, etc.) handles a very specific chore. You only buy what you need. That keeps the costs down. Need a special enclosure, like hiding their contraband cell phone detector in a water bottle, or secreting an antenna in a pocket pen? No problem. Very cool Jersey engineering dudes.
The rest of the day, ERI members taught what they know…
• Alternative Power Sources for the Eavesdropper –
Mark Clayton• Display of most of the TSCM instrumentation designed and built by Glenn Whidden (with commentary by Glenn). Instrumentation provided by J.D. LeaSure.
• Discussions about topics for next year’s meetings.
The discussions continue tomorrow.
Thank you to our client family for adjusting your schedules to allow us time to attend this important meeting in Washington, DC. Tomorrow we are back on the road again completing visits this month to Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Anchorage, Boston, New York City, New Jersey and Illinois. ~ Kevin D. Murray
Kevin’s Security Scrapbook is prepared fresh almost daily for the clients and friends of Murray Associates – Eavesdropping Detection and Counterespionage Consulting for Business and Government
Stalin founded a travel agency?!?!
