by Tom Rogan, Commentary Writer | | July 24, 2020 03:50 PM The British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has published its annual report on the nation’s intelligence services. Published this week alongside an anticipated report on Russian intelligence operations in the United Kingdom, the annual report received little attention. Still, it offers some interesting takeaways on the intelligence activity of America’sContinue reading “What we just learned about British intelligence”
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Mumbai blackout should serve as warning shot for EU on China
BY QRIUS According to a new report by US intelligence company Recorded Future, a widespread Mumbai power outage last year—a blackout which left 20 million people without electricity, brought vital railways to a standstill and forced Covid-19 wards to rely on backup generators—may have been part of a broader cybercampaign by the Chinese state. More specifically, the disruptionContinue reading “Mumbai blackout should serve as warning shot for EU on China”
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Russia Spies Who Tailed Navalny Tied to Other Critic’s Poisoning
By Henry Meyer February 11, 2021, 11:14 AM EST A clandestine unit from Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, accused of poisoning opposition leader Alexey Navalny also tailed activist Vladimir Kara-Murza before he twice suffered near-fatal illnesses, according to an investigation by the Bellingcat group. In December, the investigative website reported that the FSB team specializing in poisonsContinue reading “Russia Spies Who Tailed Navalny Tied to Other Critic’s Poisoning”
Israel’s Supreme Court Ends Spy Agency Cellphone Tracking Of COVID-19 Infections
March 1, 20211:55 PM ETDANIEL ESTRIN JERUSALEM – Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered an end to a controversial surveillance program to track COVID-19 infections through cellular phone location data, citing concerns about the country spying on its own citizens. “The State of Israel is the only Western democracy that enlisted its clandestine spy agency in theContinue reading “Israel’s Supreme Court Ends Spy Agency Cellphone Tracking Of COVID-19 Infections”
China poses serious strategic threat to Canada, says Canadian spy agency head
U.K. Intelligence Agencies Flag Fears Over University China Ties
By Kitty Donaldson and Thomas Penny February 8, 2021, 4:22 PM EST The U.K.’s intelligence agencies have raised concerns over links between British universities and the Chinese government amid claims sensitive defense technology is being passed to Beijing. Customs officials responsible for enforcing rules over exports of defense technology have been alerted after an investigation into co-operation betweenContinue reading “U.K. Intelligence Agencies Flag Fears Over University China Ties”
Useful Links
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, https://www.dni.gov/index.php CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence, https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/ CIA, The World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ U.S. Intelligence Careers, https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/index.html Secrecy News, https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/
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