Bill Robinson
@billrobinson.bsky.social
Researcher focused on Canadian SIGINT activities past and present. Also FVEY and other countries. Citizen Lab Research Fellow. Occasionally compared to a hedgehog. He/him.
Blog: https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/
Blog: https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/
1600 hectares seems like a lot of space. For comparison, this Jindalee OTH radar site in Australia (maps.app.goo.gl/vfEZC4QAesx8...), with two receiver arrays covering an arc of 180 degrees, has a triangular footprint of only ~700 ha. A rectangle around the site could get close.
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1600 hectares seems like a lot of space. For comparison, this Jindalee OTH radar site in Australia (maps.app.goo.gl/vfEZC4QAesx8...), with two receiver arrays covering an arc of 180 degrees, has a triangular footprint of only ~700 ha. A rectangle around the site could get close.
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'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report
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'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report
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November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
'Premeditated murder': Pete Hegseth accused of 'unambiguous war crime' after new report
CSE Chief Caroline Xavier interviewed by Wesley Wark
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Canada Fighting “Billions” of Attacks a Day, Cyber Agency Says | The Walrus
In an exclusive interview, CSE chief Caroline Xavier warns adversaries are growing faster, smarter, and more aggressive
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November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
CSE Chief Caroline Xavier interviewed by Wesley Wark
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First of all, GBA+ in intelligence isn't really a thing, which Phil would know if he'd ever actually engaged with the topic. (It's primarily a policy analysis tool.)
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
First of all, GBA+ in intelligence isn't really a thing, which Phil would know if he'd ever actually engaged with the topic. (It's primarily a policy analysis tool.)
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As we knew all along, these were murders.
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As we knew all along, these were murders.
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
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These people can fuck right off.
Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
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Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
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Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
These people can fuck right off.
Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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It should be noted that, in addition to the US and Great Britain, the Australians and the Dutch also worked on JN-25. doi.org/10.1080/0161...
Bletchley Park’s work on JN-25
This article describes the work done by codebreakers in the Naval Section at Bletchley Park on the primary World War II Japanese naval cipher JN-25. It also describes the relationship between the U...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It should be noted that, in addition to the US and Great Britain, the Australians and the Dutch also worked on JN-25. doi.org/10.1080/0161...
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"The essential question is no longer what federal agencies are authorized to do, but what they are capable of doing. Capability now outstrips authority by orders of magnitude... The true danger lies in what the modern American state can do right now."
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Capabilities, Not Authorities: The Quiet Evolution towards a Panopticon State
The Steady State | By Steven Cash November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The essential question is no longer what federal agencies are authorized to do, but what they are capable of doing. Capability now outstrips authority by orders of magnitude... The true danger lies in what the modern American state can do right now."
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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'The current Labour government does make considerable use of the NSC, but has made some structural changes which have created more distance between policymakers and the intelligence agencies' writes @drceliap-v.bsky.social in latest RUSI Commentary.
Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
Without adopting Canberra's policies wholesale, the UK's intelligence-policymaker network would benefit from making some of the changes Australia has implemented, particularly the designation of a principal adviser to the Prime Minister on intelligence ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The current Labour government does make considerable use of the NSC, but has made some structural changes which have created more distance between policymakers and the intelligence agencies' writes @drceliap-v.bsky.social in latest RUSI Commentary.
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How did Canadian officials balance the conflicting responsibilities of a neutral International Control Commission (ICC) representative, and a supportive ally as US intervention intensified in Viet Nam during the complicated years of 1962–1966? This Canadian policy series previews key moments.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
How did Canadian officials balance the conflicting responsibilities of a neutral International Control Commission (ICC) representative, and a supportive ally as US intervention intensified in Viet Nam during the complicated years of 1962–1966? This Canadian policy series previews key moments.
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Sloppy reporting by @theguardian.com, which should have made clear that foreign vessels are free to enter the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone, which is different from the 12 nautical mile territorial sea.
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
Defence secretary reveals details of recent incursions as he warns UK is facing ‘new era of threat’ from hostile countries
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November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sloppy reporting by @theguardian.com, which should have made clear that foreign vessels are free to enter the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone, which is different from the 12 nautical mile territorial sea.
The Yantar's activities are threatening and its use of lasers inexcusable. But it is irresponsible in a claim like this not to clarify whether the ship ever entered actual territorial waters as opposed to the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone (where foreign vessels have a right to travel).
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
Defence secretary reveals details of recent incursions as he warns UK is facing ‘new era of threat’ from hostile countries
A Russian spy ship has entered British waters and shone lasers at military pilots, the defence secretary has said, as he warned the UK was facing a “new era of threat” from hostile countries around the world.
John Healey said on Wednesday the Yantar surveillance ship had crossed in and out of the UK’s exclusive economic zone multiple times in recent weeks, not for the first time this year. Continue reading...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Yantar's activities are threatening and its use of lasers inexcusable. But it is irresponsible in a claim like this not to clarify whether the ship ever entered actual territorial waters as opposed to the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone (where foreign vessels have a right to travel).
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Empire and satellite tracking collide. This is a commemorative stamp of the U.S. Air Force satellite tracking station on Mahe Island in the Seychelles, a British territory until 1976. The defunct station is pictured on the right.
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Empire and satellite tracking collide. This is a commemorative stamp of the U.S. Air Force satellite tracking station on Mahe Island in the Seychelles, a British territory until 1976. The defunct station is pictured on the right.
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New article published in Intelligence and National Security (open access) by Peter de Werd titled "The value of engaged critique: civic intelligence oversight and the freedom of information in the Netherlands"
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November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New article published in Intelligence and National Security (open access) by Peter de Werd titled "The value of engaged critique: civic intelligence oversight and the freedom of information in the Netherlands"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Scoop: CISA plans to embark on a hiring spree and change some workforce policies in an effort to rebuild its depleted ranks ahead of a possible conflict with China, according to a memo from its acting director that I obtained.
www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-hi...
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CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks
The agency will also change some of its workforce policies to avoid driving away talented staff.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Scoop: CISA plans to embark on a hiring spree and change some workforce policies in an effort to rebuild its depleted ranks ahead of a possible conflict with China, according to a memo from its acting director that I obtained.
www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-hi...
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UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
‘Longstanding intelligence and law enforcement frameworks’ are continuing, Yvette Cooper says
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Britain’s foreign secretary has downplayed reports that the UK had stopped sharing intelligence with the US that could be used by the Americans to conduct deadly attacks against alleged narco-traffickers in the Caribbean.
Yvette Cooper, speaking on a ministerial trip to Naples, said “longstanding intelligence and law enforcement frameworks” that existed between the countries were continuing as the US deployed a carrier strike group to the region. Continue reading...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
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A counterproductive and unlawful U.S. policy:
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Obligation of States to Stop Intelligence Support for U.S. Strikes
The only way States can avoid complicity in “arbitrary killings” under IHRL is to refrain from sharing intelligence that enables them.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A counterproductive and unlawful U.S. policy:
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
Several States have now curtailed counter-narcotics intelligence support and/or called out U.S. boat strikes as illegal:
Canada
Colombia
EU
France
Mexico
Netherlands?
UK
We discuss their legal obligations that forbid support for boat strikes.
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🚨SCOOP 🚨The Pentagon is spending millions on a secretive startup that’s making hacking AI to help carry out operations on hundreds of targets at once.
In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On AI Hacking From Startup Twenty
The U.S. government has been contracting stealth startup Twenty, which is working on AI agents and automated hacking of foreign targets at massive scale.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨SCOOP 🚨The Pentagon is spending millions on a secretive startup that’s making hacking AI to help carry out operations on hundreds of targets at once.
In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
In-q-tel, the VC org founded by the CIA, is a backer of the startup, called Twenty.
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
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It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. Professor Falk is in his 90s and one of the world’s most prominent international legal scholars. It beggars belief that he could even remotely be considered a threat to Canada.
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If you suspect Golden Dome to be crazy, exorbitantly expensive, unrealistic, and deeply destabilizing, you’re right. And it looks like a sure way to create a space race that will threaten civilian (and military) use of space even more. breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...
Golden Dome SBIs will need to be defended from adversary attack: Experts - Breaking Defense
The satellites will need to be defended "not only from adversary kinetic or local orbital issues, but also from cyber attacks, electronic jamming and laser attacks," said Patrick Binning, a professor ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you suspect Golden Dome to be crazy, exorbitantly expensive, unrealistic, and deeply destabilizing, you’re right. And it looks like a sure way to create a space race that will threaten civilian (and military) use of space even more. breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...