An Irish passport is one of the most valuable passports in the world, and one which has been at the center of numerous cases of forgery. The reason behind it’s value is that Ireland has a policy of military neutrality (with the exception of defence pacts – EU Common Defence Plan and Nordic Battlegroup). Many [...]

This second part of our Ireland Intelligence Services series covers a period of World War II called Operation Plan Green – Hitler’s plan to use Ireland as a back door into into the UK. The Irish Prime Minister, Eamon de Valera, had decided that keeping Ireland out of World War Two was the best policy [...]

You don’t hear much about the Irish military or indeed the Irish secret service these days, which is undoubtedly down to the country’s policy of neutrality and non-membership in NATO. Irish troops are only deployed within Ireland and only on UN peacekeeping missions abroad. It is also occasionally deployed in NATO led peace-enforcement missions such [...]

Every day for more than 40 years, the Sleeping Prophet Edgar Cayce would put himself in a trance. While in this trance, he would then “predict” the future from his subconscious. He did not just predict the future, but Edgar Cayce’s prophecies revealed information on a wide variety of subjects. These subjects included ancient history, [...]

The Mexican drug cartels have become infamous around the world. The Mexican drug war in several large Mexican cities and along the US border has claimed more lives than any other drug war, and has cost billions of dollars to combat. Many say it’s a loosing battle and the authorities would be better off legalizing [...]

Mossad is the equivalent of the CIA for Israel. They are charged with providing security for Egyptian assets both at home and abroad, carrying out intelligence missions abroad (including kidnappings and spying) as well as overt operations including assassinations and paramilitary activities beyond Israels borders. They also safeguard Jewish communities when they are threatened internationally. [...]

On March 16th, the New York Times published an interactive map that you could use to watch the estimated travel of the Japanese radioactive plume as it travels across the Pacific Ocean. While many alarmists started distributing the huge plume image across the web, the New York Times attempted to calm nerves by explaining to [...]

According to the multiple media sources, the United States Central Command (Centcom) has awarded a $2.7 million contract to a software company to design and develop a software package to help them implement an “online persona management service”. This “service” will allow a single user to control up to 10 different false personas, otherwise known [...]

On March 25th, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the African Press Organization (APO) issued a press release reaffirming the need for economic sanctions against the Gaddafi regime, as well as the need for military action and humanitarian assistance in Libya. However, the statement underscored the critical role that Arab countries play in the [...]

A few weeks ago we covered a story here on TSW which had, at the time, remained largely unreported in western media. It was of an Xe (Blackwater) operative named Richard Davis who was contracted by the CIA to work in Pakistan. On the 27th of January he shot dead two motorcyclists in the Lahore [...]