Spymaster: The Memoirs of Gordon M. Stewart, CIA Station Chief in Cold War Germany www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3111...

I'd disagree. This is a limited and minor example of where a partner will restrict liaison because of legal obligations. Wider liaison remains untouched and the UK continues to share intelligence with the US.

Worth adding that the best overview of the importance of law in intelligence liaison can be found in the ISC's report on International Partnerships from 2023 that shows the UK's legal obligations vs. liaison: isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

Some numpties will use this and apply it to all intelligence. It's a small amount, directly related to US strikes against boats. The UK does routinely share intelligence with the US generally.

"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal". www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

NYT - Kash Patel's inexperience, his dismissals of top FBI officials and his shift of resources from thwarting spies and terrorism have heightened concerns among the other Five Eyes nations that the bureau is adrift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/wo...

Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

BBC News - British man Howard Phillips jailed after trying to spy for Russia - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Australian spy chief says 'state sanctioned trolls' sowing social discord - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

How do experts measure military power? 🪖 Michael Hilliard is the Director of Defence & Security Analysis for the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. Join us on Thursday, 5pm CET/11am EST, as we unpack their work mapping the armed forces of Central Asia. 🎧 discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

Pleased to be talking with @patrickbriansmith.bsky.social and Miglė Bareikytė about my book at @salforduni.bsky.social' Emergent Nonfiction Lab on 3 December at 16:00 Stockholm time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-in-the...

I checked the reference list on this now-retracted article, and almost NONE of the referenced articles actually exist! Total AI slop! Who were the peer reviewers? Did an editor look at the article? It was published online 30 April, and the retraction didn't happen until 3 November. Yikes.

"Following publication, concerns were raised by a third party regarding the accuracy and validity of many of the references in this article ... the Editor and the Publisher no longer have confidence in the content presented". www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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"The documents she obtained showed the university "had negotiated directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market," she told the BBC". www.bbc.com/news/article...

CIA chief quietly meets EU officials to soothe US intel-sharing fears www.politico.eu/article/cia-...

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

"Andrei is one of many people employed by Russia’s FSB after scrolling through job adverts offering sabotage work on social media. The security service is paying as much as $5,000 (£3,800) for arson attacks against targets such as an SBU building". share.google/m0UQonDL1vF7...

"According to prosecutors, Gill accepted cash on at least eight occasions to make specific statements and opinions benefiting Russia". www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

For the record, it's not my house. I would have insisted getting agent and officer right

The FBI says a proposal by House lawmakers to strip the bureau of its authority over counterintelligence efforts and hand it over to DNI Tulsi Gabbard would create confusion and undermine national security. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nati...

👀 Mapping of German beach defenses near Ostend, drawn by an SIS/MI6 network in June 1944.

BBC News - How China really spies on the UK in 2025 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New names surface for NSA director, other top jobs at spy agency therecord.media/national-sec...

Australian man living in Washington DC pleads guilty to selling trade secrets to Russian broker www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BBC News - British man accused of spying for Russia arrested in Ukraine www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Christopher Berry, the man at the heart of a controversial and now-abandoned Chinese espionage case, appeared to be aware that he was supplying information to a non-commercial client". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

US alleges executive sold secrets to Russia for $1.3 million www.reuters.com/business/aer...

As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

China upgraded missiles using UAE technology, Biden spies said  www.ft.com/content/a188...

Top Democrats demand details of spy agencies’ role in boat strikes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Erm, they went "live" in 1992 after the Prime Minister told Parliament that Sir Colin McColl was "C". McColl subsequently did interviews with journalists in his office. 1994 is the Intelligence Services Act. Shame duff history has appeared on SIS's Insta. Just get it right. But I'm not Dan Snow 🤦‍♂️

They're officers. The agent is the person they run, and the FBI is not really an equivalent.

"It is important to note that, ultimately, the CPS were pursuing charges and a conviction using the outdated legislation of the Official Secrets Act 1911, which was the legislation in force at the time when the alleged offences were committed". committees.parliament.uk/publications...

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“Russia is protecting its nuclear submarines in the Arctic with an undersea surveillance system built using high-tech equipment acquired from U.S. & European companies through a secret procurement network, according to newly uncovered financial records, court documents & Western security officials.”

UK facing ‘most contested and complex’ threat in decades, warns GCHQ director | The Record from Recorded Future News share.google/tOklWPQ4Jpzv...

IMINT, mate.

"The three, aged 48, 45, and 44, were arrested at addresses in west and central London. Searches are ongoing at these and another address in west London". www.bbc.com/news/article...

Three people arrested in London on suspicion of assisting Russian spy agencies news.sky.com/story/three-...

They're called intelligence officers, not agents, @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy 🤦‍♂️

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I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.

"Pope is Catholic, suggests Vatican".

Female spies are waging ‘sex warfare’ to steal Silicon Valley secrets www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

Russian 'spy ships' snoop on German Navy's large Arctic exercise www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/russian...

Vice-Adml Sir Jonathan Tod, intelligence officer who warned of a Falklands invasion – obituary www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

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