Covert ops by foreign intelligence agencies

[Samar Rathi]

In the past 3 years, two major nuclear institutions; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Kaiga Nuclear Facility, have reported at least 9 unnatural deaths of nuclear scientists and engineers who had been working with them.

The latest casualty was discovered on 7th October, 2013, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Vishakapatnam; two engineers – K.K Josh and Abhish Shivam (chief engineers connected with the building of India's indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant.) were found dead in a very strange condition.

They were poisoned first and then left on railway tracks to make it look like an accident. The story of other scientists is strikingly similar. One thing in common : all deaths were in mysterious circumstances. There is obviously a well planned conspiracy behind this and our nation is under attack.

The matter of shame however is, the government has opted to remain silent and media has decided to take it unfocused. The report was published by international media (Read an excellent coverage here : PMO unconcerned about scientist deaths)
In any other country, a single such death would have been sufficient to create a storm, we in India have chosen to ignore it.

Perhaps, for us our country starts and ends within the boundary of our homes. Nation can wait, we must go shopping today.

 

[rock127]

PMO's silence is their answer just like their puppet PM says.

This issue is serious

 

[LETHALFORCE]

I remember years ago british scientists designed a system to create more quiet submarines.afterward a few scientists
Died mysteriously the press and government actively pursued this even though no details were released. I am sure
Indian govt is actively doing everything without making it public
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEC-Marconi_scientist_deaths_conspiracy_theory.

 

[TrueSpirit1]

@Samar Rathi You raised a pertinent issue of critical significance that needs to be dealt with a sense of exigency.

But, from the looks of it, fixing this would require immense focus, sustained relentless efforts & unfettered co-ordination between security/counter-intelligence agencies (that are supposed to be involved) & it is not going to happen anytime soon. The inter-organization rivalry between the multitude of competing agencies (with overlapping roles & authority, even between the Central agencies) makes it a distant dream.

Personally, I am all from covert (& overt as well, whenever it calls for) disproportionate tit-for-tat eliminations. I am a votary of the school of conflict, which propounds that: Cost of conflict must be raised to unacceptable proportions for the adversary within no time, at early signs/stages of provocations.

This must involve penalizing the foe's families, taking wars to their bedrooms & strictly following only 1 rule of the game, which is: There are no rules. No holds barred. No understanding between warring parties needed. Escalation is not to be feared; instead, it (escalation) is to be carried out, with rigor & tenacity.

Tough call. Like asking for the Moon. But, such a course of action is the only deterrent that can provide some semblance of safety to our gems.

 

[t_co]

@Samar Rathi You raised a pertinent issue of critical significance that needs to be dealt with a sense of exigency.

But, from the looks of it, fixing this would require immense focus, sustained relentless efforts & unfettered co-ordination between security/counter-intelligence agencies (that are supposed to be involved) & it is not going to happen anytime soon. The inter-organization rivalry between the multitude of competing agencies (with overlapping roles & authority, even between the Central agencies) makes it a distant dream.

Personally, I am all from covert (& overt as well, whenever it calls for) disproportionate tit-for-tat eliminations. I am a votary of the school of conflict, which propounds that: Cost of conflict must be raised to unacceptable proportions for the adversary within no time, at early signs/stages of provocations.

This must involve penalizing the foe's families, taking wars to their bedrooms & strictly following only 1 rule of the game, which is: There are no rules. No holds barred. No understanding between warring parties needed. Escalation is not to be feared; instead, it (escalation) is to be carried out, with rigor & tenacity.

Tough call. Like asking for the Moon. But, such a course of action is the only deterrent that can provide some semblance of safety to our gems.

Alpha Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In October 1985, Alpha Group was dispatched to war-torn Beirut, Lebanon. The Kremlin was informed of the kidnapping of four Soviet diplomats by the militant group, the Islamic Liberation Organization (a radical offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood). It was believed that this was retaliation for the Soviet support of Syrian involvement in the Lebanese Civil War.[16] However, by the time Alpha arrived, one of the hostages had already been killed. Through a network of supporting KGB operatives, members of the task-force identified each of the perpetrators involved in the crisis, and once identified, began to take the relatives of these militants as hostages. Following the standard Soviet policy of no negotiations with terrorists, some of the hostages taken by Alpha Group were dismembered, and their body parts sent to the militants. The warning was clear: more would follow unless the remaining hostages were released immediately. The show of force worked, and for a period of 20 years[17] no Soviet or Russian officials were taken captive.

 

[Abhijat]

To solve this and such similar problems concerning national security , we need to give administrative autonomy to agency which should be dedicated to tackle such problems without much interference or guidance of Elected executives.

 

[t_co]

To solve this and such similar problems concerning national security , we need to give administrative autonomy to agency which should be dedicated to tackle such problems without much interference or guidance of Elected executives.

Unfortunately, giving too much administrative autonomy to secret agencies tends to produce large amounts of rent-seeking behavior. You're shooting for Batman, but what you end up with is a state-sponsored mafia.

 

[Abhijat]

Unfortunately, giving too much administrative autonomy to secret agencies tends to produce large amounts of rent-seeking behavior. You're shooting for Batman, but what you end up with is a state-sponsored mafia.

Sir , i am talking about administrative autonomy and not financial autonomy. We don't want any batman , but agency which can preemptively prepare to deal with these kind of threats instead of only providing response.