F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

Dr David Wilson: ‘Whatever crime theme you look at, there will be a Chinese organised crime footprint in it’ policinginsight.com/feature/inte...

Interested in undertaking an ONLINE Postgraduate Certificate or a Masters by Research in Covert Action, HUMINT and the Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation? Then why not consider studying with BUCSIS. (Sept 26 entry) To view programmes details go via www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/rese...

Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/w...

Dr David Wilson: ‘Whatever crime theme you look at, there will be a Chinese organised crime footprint in it’ policinginsight.com/feature/inte...

The Chalk Mark Still Matters: Russian Espionage Handling in the Modern Era www.thecipherbrief.com/russian-espi...

historysdevils.buzzsprout.com/2591267/epis... This week on HISTORY'S DEVILS, @rorycormac.bsky.social and myself look at the life and lies of the conman, bigamist and would-be killer of Vladimir Lenin, the so-called "Ace of Spies", Sidney Reilly #history #podcast

A New Era and New Leadership: The Generals Who Are Running Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/w...

Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...

Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship

The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

The Kremlin Files: Russia, the Modern Surveillance State www.thecipherbrief.com/russia-surve...

Russian crew members pose a significant espionage threat. Covert maritime intelligence from non-Russian flag ships gives Russia an overview of military capacities and infrastructure along the coast and on the seabed, Norway's Police Security Service warns www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/pol...

The next University of Buckingham’s intake for its PG Cert / MA Covert Action, HUMINT & Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation starts September 2026. Taught entirely online. Part or full time. ELCAS eligible. For more information visit bit.ly/43YoDo1

The next University of Buckingham’s intake for its PG Cert / MA Covert Action, HUMINT & Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation starts September 2026. Taught entirely online. Part or full time. ELCAS eligible. For more information visit bit.ly/43YoDo1

A few books on Cold War spying and other HUMINT related activity.

A few books on Cold War spying and other HUMINT related activity.

Russian crew members pose a significant espionage threat. Covert maritime intelligence from non-Russian flag ships gives Russia an overview of military capacities and infrastructure along the coast and on the seabed, Norway's Police Security Service warns www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/pol...

This article maybe of interest to our intelligence & security students.,https://x.com/laurengoode/status/2015912751303164001?s=12

Trump Unmasked www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...

The Kremlin Files: Russia, the Modern Surveillance State www.thecipherbrief.com/russia-surve...

The U.S. military plans obsessively for enemy moves. Who checks whether its own plans actually work?

Interested in undertaking an ONLINE Postgraduate Certificate or a Masters by Research in Covert Action, HUMINT and the Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation? Then why not consider studying with BUCSIS. (Jan 26 and Sept 26 entry) To view programmes details go www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/rese...

As West Faces Russian Sabotage, U.K. Blames Putin for 2018 Poisoning Death www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...

The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

The Chinese Communist Party fuses military and civilian cyber capabilities with coercive influence over private firms to embed vulnerabilities, preposition access, and compromise foreign technological infrastructure x.com/780thc/statu...

“Propaganda operations in the Cold War were designed to undermine authority, chip away at orthodox ideas, and encourage questioning" @rorycormac.bsky.social reveals to @telegraphnews.bsky.social how the CIA once tried to recruit Sir Winston Churchill 🔗➡️ tinyurl.com/mvp47n4h Image cc: The Telegraph

🔍 Spotlight on “Strategic Vandalism” See our new piece with @paulineblistene.bsky.social on the recent “Red Hands” trial in Paris, which showed how Moscow instrumentalises vandalism as a calculated instrument of influence. 📝 See full article & more about "strategic vandalism" at #KCSIInsights.

F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

'The UK should probably reconsider intelligence-sharing arrangements on some sensitive issues, where there is little chance of influencing the US position, but considerable risks of exposure of sourcing' writes Matthew Savill in the latest RUSI Commentary.

🚨 What happens to a generation of journalists raised under Putin? 🎧 Join us for the latest @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast episode, where veteran journalists @andreisoldatov.bsky.social & I. Borogan discuss Our Dear Friends in Moscow - part memoir in exile, part anatomy of Putin’s secret state 👇

Interested in undertaking an ONLINE Postgraduate Certificate or a Masters by Research in Covert Action, HUMINT and the Psychology of Intelligence Elicitation? Then why not consider studying with BUCSIS. (Jan 25 and Sept 25 entry) To view programmes details go via www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/rese...

BUCSIS organised student visit to the National Archives exploring the declassified files on the Portland spy ring and the Cambridge spy ring. Followed by a tour of the excellent MI5 exhibition

Backlash grows after Zelensky strips anti-corruption bodies of independence

Who were the #ColdWarJackals? Why were they #watched? What can today’s professionals learn from these uneasy covert alliances? 🎙️ Tune in as Thea Gioe, former USG intel practitioner & #KCSI Visiting Fellow, and I explore these questions in the latest #WarStudiesPODCAST episode. 👉 shorturl.at/ipOUl

Another superb piece by Gill - how many intelligence historians could follow their paper at a conference with a turn?

Well i never knew that Blair (and Putin) were one-time readers of the President’s Daily Brief Thanks @davidpriess.bsky.social! engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-u...

Poland has accused Russian intelligence services of orchestrating a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a shopping centre in the capital Warsaw last year.

It’s a constant, and subversive and relentless drip drip pervasiveness… but for those specifically targeted it must be terrifying www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Next up we have Jeff Rogg (@jrogg.bsky.social) with an insightful review of George and Levine's The CIA Intelligence Analyst: Views from the Inside www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Most accessible overview of what I do: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d8b79...

No hint of compromise in today’s Russian press. On the prospects for peace in Ukraine, one paper declares: “Trump is in a hurry…Russia is in no hurry for a deal.” Another paper says Vladimir Putin’s demands “have barely changed” from the ones he issued last June. #ReadingRussia

Romanian man arrested after DHL warehouse fire caused by suspected Russian device. #covertaction