Tag Archives: MI5

The search for the “Fifth Man” — Spooks and Chess Players [UPDATE — Intel Today Analysis Quoted in Top Russian Newspaper]

“They began a mad search for enemies inside the organisation itself – seeking to find more hidden traitors who could be used to explain why MI5 kept failing to do its job properly. It was the search for the “Fifth … Continue reading

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Four Years Ago — Why the CIA & MI6 Love to Hate Putin [UPDATE — RUMINT : Russian President to step down in January 2021]

“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia … Continue reading

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Three Years Ago — Why the CIA & MI6 Love to Hate Putin

“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia … Continue reading

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Two Years Ago — Why the CIA & MI6 Love to Hate Putin

“With the majority vote for Brexit against the strong preference of Scotland and Northern Ireland for remain, we have shown ourselves quite capable of inflicting potentially fatal harm to our national stability all by ourselves. Why would we need Russia … Continue reading

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Animal Spies & Warriors — The MI5-Trained Gerbils (UPDATE: US TSA Adopts Program; Replaces Gerbils with US Marshals)

“For most of the twentieth century, the combination of ineptitude and secrecy created an organisation (MI5) that retreated more and more into a world of fictional conspiracies in order to disguise its repeated failures. The question is whether the same … Continue reading

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UK — MI5 Agents Allowed To Carry Out Criminal Activity

“After a seven-month legal battle the prime minister has finally been forced to publish her secret order but we are a long way from having transparency. The public and parliament are still being denied the guidance that says when British … Continue reading

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Animal Spies & Warriors — The MI5 -Trained Gerbils

“For most of the twentieth century, the combination of ineptitude and secrecy created an organisation (MI5) that retreated more and more into a world of fictional conspiracies in order to disguise its repeated failures. The question is whether the same … Continue reading

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MI5 Boss : “More attacks are inevitable.”

“They [staff at MI5] are constantly making tough professional judgements based on fragments of intelligence; pinpricks of light against a dark and shifting canvas. (…) The threat is multi-dimensional, evolving rapidly and operating at a scale and pace we’ve not … Continue reading

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British Intelligence Agencies

“Secret intelligence gives the Government a vital edge in tackling some of the most difficult problems we face… intelligence forewarns us of threats to our national security; helps the Government promote international stability; provides support and protection to our forces; … Continue reading

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — MAY 29 2017

The teenager who landed in red Square — Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised by his links to Libya — MI5 probes bomber ‘warnings’ — CIA’s Secrets About JFK, Che, and Castro Revealed in New Book

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