Israel pressuring Russia on sale of S-300 missiles to Iran
Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reports that Israel’s government is preparing to send Major General Amos Gilad, a senior Defense Ministry official, to Moscow, to pressure the Russians not to sell an...
View ArticleConvicted Norwegian operative refused new hearing
Norwegian former Defense Ministry official, Arne Treholt, who was convicted in 1985 for espionage on behalf of the Russian KGB and the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS), has been denied a new hearing by...
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Stasi files reveal covert war against Western musicians. Greece arrests Muslim minority member for 'spy photos'. Head of Bulgaria's national security agency resigns.
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Ex-FBI translator tests US Justice Department again. Bulgaria appoints new National Security Agency director. US paper sees power struggle inside Iranian intelligence.
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North Korean succession rumor mill now silent. UK government issues apology for treatment of gay cryptanalyst after 57 years. Ex-chief of Greek secret services to stand for far-right party.
View ArticleAnalysis: Cyprus-Russia-Israel Arms Affair Points to Wider Questions
Diplomatic observers were surprised in November 2008, when the then Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to meet his Cypriot counterpart, Dimitris Christofias, during the latter’s official visit to...
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How the CIA was conned by a compulsive gambler.Obama names intel advisory board members. Turkey arrests three on espionage charges.
View ArticleMore on unfolding Turkish-Greek espionage affair
Further information has been made available on an unfolding espionage affair in Turkey, centering on three Turkish citizens charged with collaborating with Greek intelligence services.
View ArticleSpanish intelligence probe ‘financial attacks’
Spain’s primary intelligence agency is actively probing alleged links between speculative moves in world financial markets and a series of editorials in “the Anglo-Saxon media”, which Madrid says have...
View ArticleAnalysis: An Economic Security Role for European Spy Agencies?
Last February, Spain’s intelligence service, CNI, began investigating alleged suspicious efforts by foreign financial speculators to destabilize the Spanish economy. There are indications that other...
View ArticleCould Turkey invoke NATO clause over Israeli attack on flotilla? [updated]
IntelNews hears there is some speculation in diplomatic circles that the government of Turkey may try to involve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in its dispute with Israel, which began...
View ArticleStrike causes rift in Israeli diplomat-spy relations
By IAN ALLEN | intelNews.org | Members of Israel’s striking diplomatic community say they will refuse cooperation with Israeli spies, after the latter stepped in to take over some of the striking...
View ArticleBulgarian spy services intercept PM assassination plot
A conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Bulgaria has been intercepted in its planning stage by the country’s intelligence services, according to information published yesterday in the...
View ArticleHundreds of European mercenaries ‘fighting for Gaddafi’
Hundreds of European mercenaries, including large numbers of European Union citizens, have voluntarily enrolled in the armed forces of the Libyan government, and are fighting under the command of...
View ArticleRussians ‘uncovered plan to kill Greek prime minister’
A Russian counter-surveillance team operating in Athens in 2008 confronted a foreign team from “a country allied to Greece”, which planned to kill Kostas Karamanlis, then Greece’s Prime Minister.
View ArticleNew Gaza flotilla organizers accuse Mossad of sabotaging ships
International organizers of a new fleet of ships that is preparing to sail for the Gaza strip, in a bid to challenge the Israeli embargo, have accused Israeli intelligence services of secretly...
View ArticleNews you may have missed #566 (analysis edition)
Stuxnet virus opens new era of cyberwar. The fallout from the Turkish Navy's recent spy scandal. New edition of classic intelligence handbook published.
View ArticleExclusive: Interview with ex-CIA officer Charles S. Faddis
Yesterday I reviewed Charles S. Faddis’ new book, Codename Aphrodite (Orion, 2011), a gripping novel revolving around a former CIA case officer’s freelance operation in Athens, Greece, in pursuit of...
View ArticleState prosecutors probe alleged plot to kill Greek prime minister
Government prosecutors in Athens have opened a criminal investigation into an alleged plot to kill the Prime Minister of Greece in 2008, which was reportedly uncovered by Russian intelligence.
View ArticleShip carrying 20,000 Kalashnikov rifles seized in Greece
The Hellenic Coast Guard in Greece has seized a cargo ship carrying explosives, ammunition, and about 20,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, allegedly bound for Syria or Libya.
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