What is it about?
The connection between the intelligence agencies of the major powers and Al-Qaeda.
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Why is it important?
The apparent counterintelligence sophistication of al-Qaeda, and groups like it, must be placed in proper context - such skills were originally passed by the major powers to client states' intelligence services who then passed to proxies, who intern defused said knowledge to al-qaeda.
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I wrote this article to highlight the unintended consequences of sharing intelligence and counterintelligence techniques with client states.
Mr Sergio Edward Sanchez
California State University, Chico
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This page is a summary of: Spider Web: Al-Qaeda's Link to the Intelligence Agencies of the Major Powers, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, May 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08850607.2015.992753.
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