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Canary Trap was launched by me as a personal blog in 2008. Since then it has evolved into a platform for exclusive, well-researched, and objective information relating to corruption, human rights, intelligence, terrorism, and politico-security matters.
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Welcome, President Obama
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsIntelligence sharing is the most unsatisfactory aspect of Indo-US counter-terrorism co-operation. Before 26/11, the U.S. had hardly ever shared with India any worthwhile preventive intelligence. David Coleman Headley had been planning an attack on India in collaboration with the ISI and the LeT for a long time. This was known to the U.S. authorities. Perhaps they could have forced Pakistan to restrain their spy agency. -
Details of US-Russia spy swap
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 2 CommentsA White House official has revealed that the Obama administration was considering a spy swap well before the 10 were arrested on 27 June. White House officials were first briefed on the spy ring in February, while President Barrack Obama was made aware of the case on 11 June. “The idea of a swap was discussed among the administration’s national security team before the arrests were made,” the source added. According to the White House, the US itself chose the names of the four men to be freed by Moscow. -
Who leaked classified US info on Indo-Pak War in 1971?
Posted on January 13, 2010 | 1 CommentJack Anderson, an American investigative journalist, first reported about the US tilt towards Pakistan under secret orders from then President Richard Nixon. Anderson got the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1972 for his reports on US’ tilt away from India. The United States administration had ordered a high-level inquiry into the special reports by Anderson in The Washington Post on December 14 and December 16, 1971. -
India’s intelligence woes
Posted on November 28, 2009 | No CommentsThe findings of the internal inquiry of RAW into the Rabinder Singh episode will never be known even to the Indian Parliament or a parliamentary committee. How then can we be sure of their effectiveness in gathering information and protecting the country. The Home Minister has to ensure that an oversight mechanism be created to ensure that such vital issues (Rabinder Singh episode) affecting national security are not swept under the carpet and appropriate lessons are drawn from it. -
Remembering the legendary Kao
Posted on January 15, 2009 | 1 CommentWhen Mrs Indira Gandhi again became Prime Minister in 1980, she recalled Kao from his retirement and appointed him as her senior advisor on internal and external developments. She used to consult him on political and intelligence matters. His professional guidance was of general nature. In one major development, when Mrs Gandhi wanted to go USA she was not getting her choice of appointment date with the US President through External Affairs Ministry channels. Kao through his friend George Bush Senior – who was then US Ambassador in China – arranged her meeting with the US President. -
Did a CIA mole compromise India’s 1971 war plans?
Posted on January 2, 2009 | 35 CommentsThe declassification of vital CIA and US State Department documents relating to South Asia reveals that the American spy agency (CIA) had a vital source in Mrs Gandhi's cabinet. CIA's 'reliable source' leaked India's war objectives to the US, thereby compromising India's plan to teach Pakistan a lasting lesson. -
(Part 2) Mumbai terror attack: Time for action
Posted on November 30, 2008 | 2 CommentsIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was readying for a trip to China in January this year when he asked the chief of the external intelligence agency (RAW) for a briefing about his assessment on the current Chinese leadership. The RAW chief prepared a report which talked about Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji. Interestingly both these leaders, former president and the premier of China respectively, retired in 2003.
