The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck.

“The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.

 

Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the C.I.A. zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader.

 

The C.I.A. had been tracking Ayatollah Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place on Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the C.I.A. learned that the supreme leader would be at the site.

 

The United States and Israel decided to adjust the timing of their attack, in part to take advantage of the new intelligence, according to officials with knowledge of the decisions.

 

The information provided a window of opportunity for the two countries to achieve a critical and early victory: the elimination of top Iranian officials and the killing of Ayatollah Khamenei.

 

The remarkably swift removal of Iran’s supreme leader reflected the close coordination and intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel in the run-up to the attack, and the deep intelligence the countries had developed on Iranian leadership, especially in the wake of last year’s 12-day war. The operation also showed the failure of Iran’s leaders to take adequate precautions to avoid exposing themselves at a time where both Israel and the U.S. sent clear signals that they were preparing for war.

 

The C.I.A. passed its intelligence, which offered “high fidelity” on Ayatollah Khamenei’s position, to Israel, according to people briefed on the intelligence.

 

They and others who shared details about the operation spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence and military planning.

 

Israel, using U.S. intelligence and its own, would execute an operation it had been planning for months: the targeted killing of Iran’s senior leaders.

 

The United States and Israeli governments, which had originally planned to launch a strike at night under the cover of darkness, made the decision to adjust the timing to take advantage of the information about the gathering at the government compound in Tehran on Saturday morning.

 

The leaders were set to meet where the offices of the Iranian presidency, the supreme leader and Iran’s National Security Council are located.

 

Israel had determined that the gathering would include top Iranian defense officials, including Mohammad Pakpour, the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps; Aziz Nasirzadeh, the minister of defense; Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the head of the Military Council; Seyyed Majid Mousavi, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force; Mohammad Shirazi, the deputy intelligence minister; and others.

 

The operation began around 6 a.m. in Israel, as fighter jets took off from their bases. The strike required relatively few aircraft, but they were armed with long-range and highly accurate munitions.

 

Two hours and five minutes after the jets took off, at around 9:40 a.m. in Tehran, the long-range missiles struck the compound. At the time of the strike, senior Iranian national security officials were in one building at the compound. Mr. Khamenei was in another nearby building.

 

“This morning’s strike was carried out simultaneously at several locations in Tehran, in one of which senior figures of Iran’s political-security echelon had gathered,” an Israeli defense official wrote in a message reviewed by The New York Times.

 

The official said that despite Iranian preparations for war, Israel managed to achieve “tactical surprise” with its attack on the compound.

 

The White House and the C.I.A. declined to comment.

 

On Sunday, Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, confirmed the deaths of two high-level military leaders Israel said it had killed on Saturday: Rear Adm. Shamkhani and Maj. Gen. Pakpour.

 

People briefed on the operation described it as a product of good intelligence and months of preparations.

 

Last June, with planning underway to strike Iran’s nuclear targets, President Trump asserted that the United States knew where Ayatollah Khamenei was hiding and could have killed him.

 

That intelligence, a former U.S. official said, was based on the same network that the United States relied on Saturday.

 

But since then, the information the United States has been able to gather has only improved, according to the former official and others briefed on the intelligence. During that 12-day war, the United States learned even more about how the supreme leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps communicated and moved while under pressure, the former official said. The United States used that knowledge to hone its ability to track Ayatollah Khamenei and predict his movements.

 

The United States and Israel had also gathered specifics about the locations of key Iranian intelligence officers. In follow-on strikes after the attack on the leadership compound Saturday, locations where intelligence leaders were staying were hit, according to people familiar with the operation.

 

Iran’s top intelligence officer escaped, but the senior ranks of Iran’s intelligence agencies were decimated, according to people briefed on the operation.” [1]

 

1. The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck. Barnes, Julian E; Bergman, Ronen; Schmitt, Eric; Pager, Tyler.  New York Times (Online) New York Times Company. Mar 1, 2026.

Ar jus seka „Bossware“ (viršininko IT, angl.) įrankiai?

„Pastaraisiais metais darbuotojų stebėjimui naudojamos technologijos tapo sudėtingesnės ir labiau paplitusios.

 

Nors daugelis darbuotojų nerimauja, kad dirbtinis intelektas vieną dieną atims jų darbą, kitas DI ir technologijų panaudojimo būdas jau gali tyliai keisti ir bloginti darbo sąlygas: „bossware“.

 

„Bossware“ reiškia technologiją, kurią kai kurie vadovai naudoja darbuotojams darbo vietoje prižiūrėti ir stebėti. Šis terminas buvo išpopuliarintas 2020 m. skaitmeninio privatumo ne pelno siekiančios organizacijos „Electronic Frontier Foundation“ ataskaitoje ir vėliau buvo minimas ne pelno siekiančių organizacijų ataskaitose ir naujienų pranešimuose.

 

„Darbo vietos stebėjimas vyksta nuo tada, kai pradėjome dirbti“, – sakė Karen Levy, Kornelio universiteto profesorė ir knygos „Duomenimis pagrįstas: sunkvežimių vairuotojai, technologijos ir nauja darbo vietos stebėjimo sistema“ autorė. Vadovai visada stengėsi stebėti darbuotojus, kad operacijos būtų efektyvesnės. Tačiau, pasak jos, DI iškilimas leido darbdaviams stebėti darbuotojus „labiau nuspėjamuoju arba detaliu būdu“.

 

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Pavyzdžiui, sunkvežimių pasaulyje dirbtinio intelekto vaizdo įrankiai gali įjungti realaus laiko įspėjimus, jei vairuotojas atrodo pavargęs arba nukreipia žvilgsnį nuo kelio. Kitose srityse, įskaitant kai kuriuos biuro darbuotojus, darbdaviai naudoja algoritminius ir biometrinius įrankius įpročiams ir produktyvumui stebėti. Kai kurie įrankiai, įskaitant dirbtinio intelekto valdomus, yra įtraukti į įmonių programinės įrangos paketus.

 

Darbo stebėjimo technologijų naudojimas išpopuliarėjo pandemijos metu. Daugeliui žmonių pradėjus dirbti nuotoliniu būdu, vis daugiau darbdavių pradėjo stebėti savo komandas naujais būdais: sekti klaviatūros paspaudimus, daryti ekrano kopijas ir stebėti pauzes.

 

Iki 2022 m. aštuoni iš dešimties didžiausių privačių darbdavių Jungtinėse Valstijose sekė individualių darbuotojų produktyvumo rodiklius, pranešė „The New York Times“.

 

Per pastaruosius kelerius metus „Dirbtinis intelektas padėjo sukurti didesnę galimybę visur stebėti darbuotojus“, – teigė Robas Reichas, Stanfordo universiteto politologijos profesorius ir knygos „Sistemos klaida: kur suklydo didelės technologijos ir kaip galime jas perkrauti“ bendraautoris. Pasak jo, sudėtingos dirbtinio intelekto priemonės dabar prieinamos pigiau, o tai reiškia, kad jas galima taikyti plačiau. Stebėjimo priemonės dabar naudojamos gamyklose ir įmonių biuruose; jos stebi klientų aptarnavimo agentus, terapeutus ir net kapelionus.

 

Šių priemonių tikslas – gauti daugiau naudos iš darbuotojų. Tačiau kai kurie rodikliai, pavyzdžiui, kiek darbuotojas rašo, gali neatspindėti to, kiek darbo žmogus iš tikrųjų atlieka. Ir, anot dr. Reicho, darbuotojai nusipelno ilsėjimosi laikotarpių ir „prastovos akimirkų, kai jiems nereikės stebėti stebėjimo priemonių, skirtų produktyvumo didinimui“. Pasak jo, tokios pertraukos yra naudingos darbo vietos kultūrai ir sudaro sąlygas geresniems santykiams darbo vietoje.

 

Be psichologinės žalos, „boso programinės įrangos“ įrankiai, skatinantys žmones dirbti greičiau ir sunkiau, kelia „rimtą pavojų darbuotojų sveikatai ir saugai“, įskaitant galimą fizinį sužalojimą, teigė Laura Padin, teisininkė ir Nacionalinio užimtumo teisės projekto, ne pelno siekiančios darbuotojų teisių organizacijos, direktorė. Ji pridūrė, kad aiškios darbuotojų stebėjimo apsaugos priemonės ir įstatymai, reikalaujantys įmonių atskleisti, kaip jos naudoja tokias technologijas, būtų „geros politinės intervencijos“.

 

Dr. Levy teigimu, šie įrankiai nėra populiarūs, nes kenkia darbuotojų gerovei, o sunkvežimių vairuotojų atveju, kaip parodė jos tyrimas, jie nebūtinai pagerina saugumą.

 

„Suteikus darbuotojams daugiau autonomijos darbo vietoje, galima padėti išlaikyti darbuotojus ir padidinti jų gebėjimą dirbti kūrybiškiau“, – sakė dr. Levy, pridurdama, kad darbuotojų pritarimas tam, kurios technologijos jiems iš tikrųjų būtų naudingos, galėtų padėti darbovietėms pasiekti geresnę pusiausvyrą.

 

Vis dėlto dr. Reichas mano, kad net ir geranoriškus stebėjimo įrankius reikėtų vertinti atsargiai, nes jie gali padėti skatinti stebėjimo kultūrą. „Akivaizdu, kad „bossware“ įvedimas dar labiau pakreipia galios disbalansą tarp vadovų ir darbuotojų naudai tiems, kurie jau turi gerokai daugiau galios“, – sakė jis.

 

„Shop Talk“ nagrinėja verslo pasaulio idiomas. Norite nominuoti žodį ar terminą skiltyje? Rašykite el. paštu shoptalk@nytimes.com“ [1]

 

1. Are ‘Bossware’ Tools Tracking You? Kelley, Lora.  New York Times (Online) New York Times Company. Mar 1, 2026.

Are ‘Bossware’ Tools Tracking You?

 

“In recent years, the technologies used to surveil workers have become more sophisticated and widespread.

 

While many workers worry that artificial intelligence will one day take their jobs, another use of A.I. and technology may already be quietly reshaping and degrading workplace conditions: “bossware.”

 

“Bossware” refers to the technology some managers use to supervise and surveil employees in the workplace. The term was popularized by a 2020 report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy nonprofit, and has since come up in nonprofit reports and news coverage.

 

“Workplace surveillance has been going on since we’ve had work,” said Karen Levy, a professor at Cornell and the author of “Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance.” Managers have always sought to keep an eye on employees to make operations more efficient. But the rise of A.I., she said, has allowed employers to monitor workers in “more predictive or granular ways.”

 

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In the world of trucking, for example, A.I.-augmented video tools can trigger real-time alerts if a driver looks fatigued or is looking away from the road. In other fields —including in some white-collar desk jobs — employers are using algorithmic and biometric tools to track habits and output. Some of the tools, including A.I.-driven ones, are packaged with enterprise software suites.

 

The use of work-surveillance technology took off during the pandemic. As many people started working remotely, more employers began surveilling their teams in new ways: tracking keyboard strokes, taking screenshots and monitoring pauses.

 

By 2022, eight of the 10 biggest private employers in the United States were tracking the productivity metrics of individual workers, The New York Times reported.

 

Over the past few years, “A.I. has helped to create a greater opportunity for omnipresent surveillance of workers,” said Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford and a co-author of “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.” Sophisticated A.I. tools are now available more cheaply, he said, which means they can be applied more broadly. Surveillance tools are now used in factories and in corporate offices; they monitor customer service agents, therapists and even chaplains.

 

The goal of these tools is to get more out of workers. But some metrics — like how much an employee is typing — may not translate cleanly to how much work someone is actually getting done. And workers, Dr. Reich argues, deserve periods of slack and “moments of downtime outside of the gaze of the surveillance tools that are meant to drive productivity gains.” Such respites are good for workplace culture, he said, and they enable better workplace relationships.

 

Beyond the psychological toll, “bossware” tools that push people to work faster and harder present “serious health and safety risks for workers,” including potential physical injury, said Laura Padin, a lawyer and director at the National Employment Law Project, a workers’ rights nonprofit. She added that clear guardrails on worker surveillance and laws requiring companies to disclose how they use such technology would be “good policy interventions.”

 

The tools, Dr. Levy said, are unpopular because they impinge on workers’ well-being — and, in the case of truckers, her research has found, they don’t necessarily improve safety.

 

“Giving workers more autonomy in the workplace can help with retention and their capacity to do more creative work,” Dr. Levy said, adding that getting worker buy-in around which technologies would actually be useful to them could help workplaces achieve a better balance.

 

Still, Dr. Reich thinks that even well-intentioned monitoring tools should be viewed cautiously because they may help advance a culture of surveillance. “It’s obvious that the introduction of ‘bossware’ further tilts the power imbalance between supervisors and workers in favor of those with already considerably more power,” he said.

 

Shop Talk explores the idioms of the business world. Want to nominate a word or term for the column?Email shoptalk@nytimes.com” [1]

 

1. Are ‘Bossware’ Tools Tracking You? Kelley, Lora.  New York Times (Online) New York Times Company. Mar 1, 2026.

Iranian missile hits building in Tel Aviv

“Tel Aviv residents reported hearing explosions Saturday night. A missile fired from Iran hit a building in the Israeli city, injuring more than 20 people. Images broadcast by N12 television showed the roof of the building on fire and debris in the street. There were also reports of ongoing airstrikes.The blast reportedly injured 21 people. One person was seriously injured and was being treated by paramedics.

 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) said it had launched missiles at what it said were military and security targets in Israel, including a military base and port in Haifa, the Ramat David air base and other targets.”

 

Irano raketa pataikė į pastatą Tel Avive

“Tel Avivo gyventojai šeštadienio vakarą pranešė girdėję progimus. Paaiškėjo, kad iš Irano paleista raketa pataikė į pastatą šiame Izraelio mieste, kur buvo sužalota daugiau nei 20 žmonių. Televizijos kanaloN12 parodytuose vaizduose buvo matyti degantis pastato stogas ir nuolaužos gatvėje. Taip pat pranešta apie besitęsiančius oro smūgius. Pranešama, kad per sprogimą buvo sužalotas 21 žmogus. Vienas asmuo buvo sunkiai sužalotas, o jam pagalbą teikė greitosios pagalbos medikai.

 

Irano islamo revoliucinė gvardija(IRGC) paskelbė raketomis atakavusi  karinius ir saugumo objektus Izraelyje, įskaitant karinę bazę ir uostą Haifoje, Ramat Davido karinių oro pajėgų bazę ir kitus taikinius.”

 

Are there people who have ever wiped their asses with Lithuanian protests?

After all, we produce nothing but protests. We cannot compete with cheap labor. We have quarreled with the entire region, so we are no longer a transit country. We elect leaders who are increasingly stupid. 

 

Ar yra žmonių, kurie nors užpakalį pasišluosto Lietuvos protestais?

 

 Juk jau nieko kito negaminame, tik protestus. Konkuruoti pigia darbo jėga negalime. Susipykome su visu regionu, todėl jau nesame tranzito šalimi. Renkame vadovus kaskart vis durnesnius.