Follow intelNews, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/intel-news Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:48:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxVIj9H4-fu34eLGixeGJZp IN A SURPRISING MOVE that has stirred curiosity across Asia, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has abruptly ousted the entire senior leadership of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), a powerful entity in the country.]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2023 07:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxVIj9H4-fu34eLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyjG-O8EkNaVJNaYRWadcX6 AUTHORITIES IN ITALY ARE investigating a series of suspicious cash withdrawals that were made from accounts belonging to the Russian embassy in Rome, according to reports in the Italian press.]]> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 07:20:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyjG-O8EkNaVJNaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwSCbpo33OHwGsGk81fO-bN THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS accused Russia of carrying out a disinformation campaign using stenciled images of Stars of David that mysteriously appeared in the streets of Paris late last month.]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwSCbpo33OHwGsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxmHosXjkIiJWhamfNIiY2W Even without the wisdom of hindsight, it is clear there was enough intelligence to enable Israel to act in a timely manner against Hamas’ plan. Yet Israel severely misjudged Hamas’ intentions.]]> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:32:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxmHosXjkIiJWhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjzlCg59NJbyL0FW8UNEQjUn BEIJING HAS ACCUSED “FOREIGN governments” of collecting data on China through hundreds of fake meteorological stations that have been illegally installed throughout Chinese territory. The announcement appears to form part of a broader “people’s anti-espionage war” that the Communist Party of China launched in 2015 in order to create a “positive atmosphere of national security” across the nation.]]> Mon, 06 Nov 2023 07:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjzlCg59NJbyL0FW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjygCovmVqUDMheIF_fEM9tn A FORMER SOVIET KGB officer, who now lives in the United Kingdom under witness protection, can sue the British state for revealing his identity to Latvian authorities, which may have put his life in danger, a judge has ruled. Boris Karpichkov, 64, joined the Soviet KGB in 1984, but became a defector-in-place for Latvian intelligence in 1991, when the Soviet Union disintegrated.]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjygCovmVqUDMheIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxZ9AKNiCQRXaJCIqJppjfU THE GROWING LIST OF assassinations of prominent Russians and Ukrainian separatists shows that the Ukrainian intelligence services are using “liquidations” as a weapon of war, according to The Washington Post.]]> Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxZ9AKNiCQRXaJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjx_MUJZDV6UyZJTpfXVttXD Hamas and its supporters in Gaza are acutely aware that their only hope for successfully beating back the impending IDF onslaught is the emergence of a second front in the war, along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Only Hezbollah can make that happen, with Iran’s implicit approval. Most observers agree that, at present, there is no evidence that Iran intends to broaden the conflict —which is bad news for Hamas. However, wars are by nature unpredictable, and Tehran has already started issuing dire-sounding threats, saying that it will “not remain a spectator” if the IDF enters Gaza. Should Iran’s threats materialize, it is unlikely that Russia and China will remain on the sidelines. The specter of a broader regional conflict lurks in the background.]]> Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjx_MUJZDV6UyZJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwRki1dWQXoOzRQaTQYXBS9 SEVERAL DAYS HAVE PASSED since October 7, the day when Hamas stunned Israel with a surprise attack against several settlements near the Gaza border. It is now clear that Israeli intelligence was in possession of warning indicators about the attack, but these indicators were misjudged.]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 06:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwRki1dWQXoOzRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwZMWqmK99L6J8v71dCn6bG THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE October 2023 attack on Israel and the Yom Kippur War is reasonable. We still have an obscured perspective on what happened on October 7. But even this partial picture makes it possible to draw a preliminary comparison. Undoubtedly, there is no precedent for such a monumental failure in the history of […]]]> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 06:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwZMWqmK99L6J8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxPymMi-UVLpavLeqE6yv18 There is no question that an operation of such a magnitude must have taken months —possibly even years— to conceive, develop and organize. Such a complex process would have taken place under the watchful eyes and ears of Israeli and Egyptian intelligence agencies, who have historically faced little resistance in penetrating Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas. Yet non seem to have collected enough intelligence to prevent the attack. It is equally stunning that the meticulous planning of Operation al-Aqsa Flood appears to have escaped the attention of American intelligence agencies, whose presence in the Middle East is significant. How was that even possible? Here are three likely explanations.]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxPymMi-UVLpavLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjzFoZNZTzQzifdczOo_8W9B LAST WEEK, TWO SENIOR UNITED States intelligence officials shared rare insights on artificial intelligence, as they discussed some of the opportunities and threats of this new technological paradigm for their agencies. On Wednesday, Lakshmi Raman, Director of Artificial Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, addressed the topic during an on-stage interview at Politico’s AI & Tech Summit in Washington, DC. On Thursday, the National Security Agency’s outgoing director, Army General Paul Nakasone, discussed the same subject at the National Press Club’s Headliners Luncheon in the US capital.]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjzFoZNZTzQzifdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjydo5OYQJEi9Z8v71dCn6bG THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA expelled a senior Indian diplomat on Monday, after accusing “agents of the government of India” of having perpetrated the assassination of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil last June.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjydo5OYQJEi9Z8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyVDBEnptgWyGnhpmeYcemU GERMANY HAS CHARGED TWO men, among them a German intelligence officer, with spying for Russia, in a case that has shocked German public opinion and alarmed Germany’s allies.]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyVDBEnptgWyGnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxGSBvEKfTL3Fw3HFUzDTIP AUTHORITIES IN BRITAIN HAVE arrested two individuals on charges of espionage, among them a researcher for the British parliament who is being investigated for spying for China.]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:11:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxGSBvEKfTL3Fw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxHH_fwtnsAveGrEXdXG_66 LAST WEEK, LEBANON’S GENERAL Security Directorate charged two Russian citizens with spying for Israel. The two Russians, who appear to be legally married to each other, were detained by authorities at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport as they were attempting to leave the country.]]> Mon, 04 Sep 2023 06:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjxHH_fwtnsAveGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwlscO-PXjc-c4HQhe4ZUzd ONE OF GERMANY’S LEADING universities has suspended researchers funded by the Chinese government, citing concerns about academic freedom and industrial espionage.]]> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 06:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjwlscO-PXjc-c4HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjxtuf4R6Fiiw1T72x6uxjiK A DANISH CITIZEN IS suing two Danish spy agencies, claiming that he was wrongly jailed for being a member of the Islamic State, when in fact he had been asked by his handlers to join the group as an undercover informant.]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjxtuf4R6Fiiw1T72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjztyr39_dQJDUGb1Jh49AJn FOR THE SECOND TIME in 10 days, the government of China has announced the arrest of a Chinese government employee on suspicion of spying for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).]]> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 06:06:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_Vgjztyr39_dQJDUGb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyH5Y2tHzAIhJNaYRWadcX6 A SEVENTH PERSON HAS been detained in Taiwan as a result of a broadening investigation into a Chinese spy ring that allegedly provided Beijing with sensitive military intelligence.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/f9rbuN_VgjyH5Y2tHzAIhJNaYRWadcX6