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Another example of Europe’s growing skepticism toward U.S. tech, especially in security-sensitive areas. Trust in the transatlantic relationship is eroding #AIVD #MIVD www.politico.eu/article/the-...
The Netherlands shuts off Google tracking on spy job listings
Government recruitment site ran Google trackers on intelligence service job ads, raising security concerns.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Another example of Europe’s growing skepticism toward U.S. tech, especially in security-sensitive areas. Trust in the transatlantic relationship is eroding #AIVD #MIVD www.politico.eu/article/the-...
The #Bundesnachrichtendienst #BND as host: While spies were being trained in camouflaged facilities around Andechs in Upper Bavaria, there were also trips to the monastery - pork knuckle, liters of beer, and a legendary vomit basin
Spies on the Holy Mountain
How Germany's foreign intelligence service BND used Andechs Monastery as a Bavarian cultural highlight for decades - including vomit basin
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November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The #Bundesnachrichtendienst #BND as host: While spies were being trained in camouflaged facilities around Andechs in Upper Bavaria, there were also trips to the monastery - pork knuckle, liters of beer, and a legendary vomit basin
No amount of training can override French hormones. #DGSE recalled 6+ agents in past year for dating locals www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russi...
France • DGSE tightens rules for recalling officers to Paris
The French foreign intelligence service has recently strengthened its security procedures for staff posted abroad. Over the past year, half a dozen officers have had their missions interrupted.
www.intelligenceonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
No amount of training can override French hormones. #DGSE recalled 6+ agents in past year for dating locals www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russi...
Dr. Thomas Riegler @thomasriegler.bsky.social dives into Vienna’s intelligence hotspots and the stories behind them. Looks sharp, timely, and absolutely worth picking up.
Upcoming: Spionagestadt Wien (2026) mediashop.at/buecher/spio...
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Dr. Thomas Riegler @thomasriegler.bsky.social dives into Vienna’s intelligence hotspots and the stories behind them. Looks sharp, timely, and absolutely worth picking up.
More competences and powers for the German foreign intelligence service #BND. The new BND Act (current draft) could comprise 139 sections. Twice as many as before. Lengthy legislative process and implementation - a long road ahead www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Mehr als nur Informationsbeschaffung? So will der BND ein echter Geheimdienst werden
Der neue BND-Präsident Martin Jäger kündigt an, künftig höhere Risiken eingehen zu wollen. Der Dienst solle "operativer" werden. Doch was genau heißt das und geht das überhaupt? Von Florian Flade.
www.tagesschau.de
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
More competences and powers for the German foreign intelligence service #BND. The new BND Act (current draft) could comprise 139 sections. Twice as many as before. Lengthy legislative process and implementation - a long road ahead www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Breach of trust between close partners
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Breach of trust between close partners
Former #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) field station at Grolmanstraße 53, Berlin-Charlottenburg. This address appears in a 1954 roster of Org. facilities maintained by the U.S. Army’s #66th CIC Group 1/4
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Former #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) field station at Grolmanstraße 53, Berlin-Charlottenburg. This address appears in a 1954 roster of Org. facilities maintained by the U.S. Army’s #66th CIC Group 1/4
#CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Brussels was clearly damage control - not a genuine trust-building initiative. European intel services have long been simmering with deep-seated mistrust toward Washington’s intel apparatus under Trump. This mistrust has become structural
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a low-key stop in Brussels this week, meeting top EU foreign and intelligence officials to deliver a not-so-subtle message: You can still trust us.
CIA chief quietly meets EU officials to soothe US intel-sharing fears
Trump administration’s volatile foreign policy has shaken Europe’s confidence in Washington’s intelligence cooperation.
www.politico.eu
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Brussels was clearly damage control - not a genuine trust-building initiative. European intel services have long been simmering with deep-seated mistrust toward Washington’s intel apparatus under Trump. This mistrust has become structural
Former #BND cover address at Vorderen Anger 214 in Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria. In 1985/86, the address of a historic building in the heart of Landsberg's old town played an important role in an spy operation against the GDR trade mission in Düsseldorf 1/3
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Former #BND cover address at Vorderen Anger 214 in Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria. In 1985/86, the address of a historic building in the heart of Landsberg's old town played an important role in an spy operation against the GDR trade mission in Düsseldorf 1/3
Demolition at the East Wing of the White House. The strong reinforcement of the ceiling structure stands out. Thick steel bars everywhere. The East Wing, built in 1942, mainly served to conceal the underground bunker (later known as PEOC) 1/2
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Demolition at the East Wing of the White House. The strong reinforcement of the ceiling structure stands out. Thick steel bars everywhere. The East Wing, built in 1942, mainly served to conceal the underground bunker (later known as PEOC) 1/2
For the first time, Dutch intelligence services publicly confirm that they are sharing less information with the USA. Diplomatically put: "That is being weighed." For this: Multilateral instead of bilateral EU intel structures 1/4 t.co/BVhreiKElO
https://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/nederlandse-diensten-delen-minder-informatie-met-de-vs-soms-vertellen-we-dingen-niet-meer~b4882f19/
t.co
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
For the first time, Dutch intelligence services publicly confirm that they are sharing less information with the USA. Diplomatically put: "That is being weighed." For this: Multilateral instead of bilateral EU intel structures 1/4 t.co/BVhreiKElO
Cover firms, foreign guests and students, global connections - an unremarkable house at Gänselieselstraße 30 in Munich served for decades as a secret #BND school for partner intelligence services worldwide. A story about the secret “Oberhaus.” open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...
Munich’s House of Spies
Behind the quiet façade of a Munich house, the BND ran a secret school for foreign intelligence officers for decades.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Cover firms, foreign guests and students, global connections - an unremarkable house at Gänselieselstraße 30 in Munich served for decades as a secret #BND school for partner intelligence services worldwide. A story about the secret “Oberhaus.” open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...
Veikko Palko, a retired counterintelligence expert from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (#Supo), won 61.2 million € in the Eurojackpot in 2014 and used part of it to fund anti-Russian espionage efforts during his retirement 1/6 www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
HS tutki | Supo-etsivän epätodennäköinen elämä: jatkoi Venäjän vakoojien jahtaamista kuolemaan asti
Supoon kohdistuvassa tutkinnassa selvitetään eläköityneen etsivän toimintaa, HS uutisoi lauantaina. Tämä artikkeli kertoo, miten Veikko Palko sai legendan maineen Venäjän vakoojien paljastajana, äkkir...
www.hs.fi
October 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Veikko Palko, a retired counterintelligence expert from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (#Supo), won 61.2 million € in the Eurojackpot in 2014 and used part of it to fund anti-Russian espionage efforts during his retirement 1/6 www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
Unnoticed by Western intelligence, the #Stasi built a secret “Stay Behind” network in West Germany. In Bavaria, a quiet chalet hid a commando bunker. Hidden depots. Sleeper agents and sabotage plans against NATO substack.com/@lecueilleur...
The Stasi bunker in Bavaria
Unnoticed by Western intelligence services, the Stasi established a secret "Stay Behind" network in West Germany. A piece of Cold War History that has been forgotten.
substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Unnoticed by Western intelligence, the #Stasi built a secret “Stay Behind” network in West Germany. In Bavaria, a quiet chalet hid a commando bunker. Hidden depots. Sleeper agents and sabotage plans against NATO substack.com/@lecueilleur...
In the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near the Polish border, Moscow #GRU is currently constructing the largest Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) in the world. The array spans 1.6 kilometers in diameter, roughly four times the size of comparable Western systems.
tochnyi.info/2025/08/puti...
tochnyi.info/2025/08/puti...
Putin’s ears within Europe: Uncovering Kaliningrad’s Hidden Antenna Array – Tochnyi.info
tochnyi.info
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near the Polish border, Moscow #GRU is currently constructing the largest Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) in the world. The array spans 1.6 kilometers in diameter, roughly four times the size of comparable Western systems.
tochnyi.info/2025/08/puti...
tochnyi.info/2025/08/puti...
Hidden in the ice for 80 years: Relics of the U.S. intelligence operation "Greenup" have been discovered on a Tyrolean glacier. It is considered one of the most successful #OSS espionage missions against Nazi Germany tirol.orf.at/stories/3323...
Relikte von Weltkrieg in Gletscher gefunden
Die Ötztaler Museen haben auf dem Sulztalferner in den Stubaier Alpen einen besonderen Fund gemacht. Es soll sich mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit um das Fallschirmmaterial von US-Geheimagenten der „Opera...
tirol.orf.at
October 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Hidden in the ice for 80 years: Relics of the U.S. intelligence operation "Greenup" have been discovered on a Tyrolean glacier. It is considered one of the most successful #OSS espionage missions against Nazi Germany tirol.orf.at/stories/3323...
Former secret office of the US Army Military Intelligence Service MIS (1953–1961) at Thielallee 105 in Berlin-Dahlem. During this period, the #MIS (513th MI) was the operational arm of intelligence work in and around Berlin 1/3
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Former secret office of the US Army Military Intelligence Service MIS (1953–1961) at Thielallee 105 in Berlin-Dahlem. During this period, the #MIS (513th MI) was the operational arm of intelligence work in and around Berlin 1/3
Almost halftime at the world’s biggest folk festival. Munich’s #Oktoberfest2025 isn’t just beer and brass bands. It’s the world’s biggest spy “Stammtisch.” A story about it from my old (X) account👇 x.com/lcueilleur/s...
September 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Almost halftime at the world’s biggest folk festival. Munich’s #Oktoberfest2025 isn’t just beer and brass bands. It’s the world’s biggest spy “Stammtisch.” A story about it from my old (X) account👇 x.com/lcueilleur/s...
The Danish government is treating the drone sighting at Copenhagen Airport as a serious attack on Denmark’s critical infrastructure. Not without reason: located not far from the airport is the Sandagergårdan #SIGINT station 1/2 maps.app.goo.gl/5by4TobjGKi9...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Danish government is treating the drone sighting at Copenhagen Airport as a serious attack on Denmark’s critical infrastructure. Not without reason: located not far from the airport is the Sandagergårdan #SIGINT station 1/2 maps.app.goo.gl/5by4TobjGKi9...
In the mid-1950s, Dienststelle 62 was one of six major operational structures within the #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) in Germany. Its mandate focused on intelligence operations against the Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe 1/4
September 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In the mid-1950s, Dienststelle 62 was one of six major operational structures within the #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) in Germany. Its mandate focused on intelligence operations against the Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe 1/4
Cold War ghosts fueling Russia’s sabotage war against the West #GRU vsquare.org/revealed-how...
Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions - VSquare.org
These parcel explosions were stagemanaged by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, via the social media platform Telegram.
vsquare.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Cold War ghosts fueling Russia’s sabotage war against the West #GRU vsquare.org/revealed-how...
IAA MOBILITY in Munich: While the automotive industry struggles with sales crisis and job cuts, the trade fair becomes a hotspot for economic espionage. Batteries, software, supply chains - every detail is worth billions. Competitors and states are spying substack.com/inbox/post/1...
IAA Munich- Where Crisis Meets Cooperate Spying
The IAA is not only a place where the automotive industry presents its future, but also a focal point where this future is spied upon.
substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
IAA MOBILITY in Munich: While the automotive industry struggles with sales crisis and job cuts, the trade fair becomes a hotspot for economic espionage. Batteries, software, supply chains - every detail is worth billions. Competitors and states are spying substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Hidden Heart of Radio Free Europe: Brienner Straße 3 in Munich. The #CIA’s nerve center for America’s covert Cold War operations. From here, the Free Europe Committee coordinated psychological warfare and exile networks open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...
The Hidden Heart of Radio Free Europe
Brienner Straße 3 in Munich - The Nerve Center of America’s Covert Battle for Eastern Europe
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September 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Hidden Heart of Radio Free Europe: Brienner Straße 3 in Munich. The #CIA’s nerve center for America’s covert Cold War operations. From here, the Free Europe Committee coordinated psychological warfare and exile networks open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...
Massive cyber warning: 23 intel and security agencies across 14 countries accuse China of running a global espionage system by hacking routers and telecom backbones media.defense.gov/2025/Aug/22/...
media.defense.gov
August 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Massive cyber warning: 23 intel and security agencies across 14 countries accuse China of running a global espionage system by hacking routers and telecom backbones media.defense.gov/2025/Aug/22/...