PODCAST: #38 Dr Ian Stanier, former head of the U.K. Counter-Terrorism Policing’s HUMINT Unit, discusses informant management, informant motivation, the Stasi and the recruitment of Kim Philby. Listen via Reducing Crime on m.soundcloud.com/reducingcri…

The Story Behind Germany's Embarrassing Intelligence Leak spiegel.de/politik/deutschla…

German spy scandal threatens national security The arrest of Germany's former intelligence chief August Hanning could undermine national security, experts warn, as allies may reconsider their intelligence relationships. dw.com/en/german-spy-scandal…

Bloody hell. A former head of the BND, Germany's foreign intelligence service, has been arrested on suspicion of espionage. sueddeutsche.de/politik/hann…

YES….Sabotage, Assassinations, Wet work! Like chapter 8 of my book on same, and here is a piece wrote last year about the KREMLIN KILL LIST and how they have practiced this for a century: thecipherbrief.com/russia-in…

Inside Democrats’ efforts to secure Election Day and respond to fears of Trump interference cnn.com/2026/10/04/politics/…

⚡ MI5 named a Chinese institute an MSS front and said 100+ UK-linked academics helped fund its spy tech. A 30 Sept alert says CGTRI exists to bankroll work that improves MSS capability: AI, cyber, covert comms, steganography. Some academics may not know who paid. Beijing calls it fabricated. Read: thehackernews.com/2026/10/mi…

New release: DIA's “Analyzing Will to Fight” gives analysts a framework to determine an actor’s ability to survive and sustain combat, accomplish the mission, and prevail over the adversary. Find the framework and background: dia.mil/Articles/Press-Relea…

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/po…

State sponsored assassination: Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that it had obtained information that Kasparov, along with another Russian opposition figure, Ilya Ponomarev, had been warned about the plot over the summer by US authorities bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6y8…

Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU. Does this pose a security risk for the whole of the EU? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vg…

NEW: A Russian biker with links to Moscow’s sabotage chief can be revealed as the suspected mastermind of a bomb plot in the heart of Europe. A joint Telegraph and Welt am Sonntag investigation reveals that Oleg Levushkin - a Russian family man with a passion for motorbikes - is believed to have planned a failed attempt to plant explosives at Germany’s Leipzig-Halle airport. German investigators suspect that Mr Levushkin planned the attack before ordering Andrei Karshakou, a Belarusian proxy agent named today for the first time, to carry out his plans in August. Classified intelligence documents from Germany, Lithuania and Poland, as well as interviews with senior Western intelligence officials, detail the pair’s alleged planning of the attack. The evidence points to disturbing links between the Leipzig attack and a wider network of sabotage plots across Europe, all allegedly orchestrated by a hard-line unit in the GRU. W/ @AlexanderDinger @IbraNaber @LennartPfahler telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…

Interesting investigation into the German drone attack.

The FlyDubai copilot who stabbed his captain had been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he held radical ideological views. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4jHj0CK

Members of Russian Intelligence Services Network Charged with Conspiring to Finance Terrorism and Commit Murder for Hire in the United States justice.gov/opa/pr/members-r…

Cuban teacher ordered EU sabotage attacks from Russia. In 2024, the man coordinated a series of arson attacks in four EU countries while operating on behalf of Russian intel services. DW Investigations tracked him back to a Latin dance studio in Russia. dw.com/en/cuban-dance-teache…

US Authorities charge a Cuban teacher living in Russia with conspiracy to finance terrorism. The Cuban national used the online alias “Dios” while coordinating a arson attacks across four European countries on behalf of Russian intel. #sabotage intelnews.org/2026/10/01/01-…

Scotland Yard used spy software said to have been secretly developed in Russia, The Telegraph can reveal. British police forces, including specialist units within the Metropolitan Police, have used Oxygen Forensics software to break into the phones of suspects during live investigations, public documents show. Read the full investigation ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…

Russia was behind an arson attack on an Estonian defence company in the capital Tallinn last month, authorities say. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6m2…

This is a huge story: UK's internal security service MI5 issued an unprecedented public criticism of China, warning that more than 100 academics linked to British entities have unwittingly helped China's espionage operations, and that continuing to work with that Chinese entity could lead to criminal charges. This is perhaps the most aggressive public announcement from the UK towards China in decades. Too early to know if it signals a changing attitude from the government or is a test to see how Beijing responds -- either way, it's very significant. bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7zr…

MI5 warns UK academics to cut ties with Chinese group over alleged spying aje.news/48ujgk