🧵 Sleeper Agents, FSB Assassinations, & GRU Black Ops Unit 29155 Russian espionage expert Michael Weiss testified before the U.S. Helsinki Commission on Russia's Shadow War on NATO. Key points from his testimony:

Here we go again… m.economictimes.com/news/internati…

“If you are looking to affect a western country with extensive assets and a poor security culture then Ireland is ground zero. Here the Russians get maximum impact for minimum effort. It is a playground for them.” theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

A new open access article in Jrnl Intel & Nat Sec. doi.org/10.1080/026845…

Israeli Channel 12 reporting the Sinwar ID is positive.

Stressful job at NCSC, £42k Comparably easy job requiring no qualifications at Aldi, £50-65k It's truly farcical.

Half fun - half scary AI exercise. To make it more interesting: all of the AI models used at scale by users worldwide are controlled by US companies and it’s likely not going to change.

intel station chief finally turns up to embassy staff meeting

A former CIA officer asks a legitimate, and deadly serious, question: Have Russian operatives paid any Republican officials? trib.al/KvGkPdj

🇺🇦🇵🇱 Poland has requested U.S. permission to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine. It’s time that we let them.

Very bad clickbait. Nowhere in the original report is proposed to create CIA-like service. If anything EU is recommend to strengthen already existing DNI-like structures. Which is very much needed. politico.eu/article/europe…

Watch out for spies, European Commission tells its staff politico.eu/article/spy-eu…

Denmark arrests a Russian spy, in exchange for money he had provided information on energy technology - Telegraph telegrafi.com/en/Denmark-arr…

Severing of Baltic Sea Cables Was ‘Sabotage,’ Germany Says - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/11/19/bus…

Can somebody explain “X idiots” vs F-35 drama?

Wife of Russian activist Igor Rogov arrested in Poland on suspicion of espionage The charges were brought against Irina Rogova in continuation of the case against her husband, who is under arrest until Jan 2025 on the charges of plotting an explosion. theins.press/en/news/276809

Is it too early to bring back this banger?