Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has warned that Chinese espionage activities could target German research institutions involved in cooperation with Chinese universities, citing insufficient awareness of security risks within parts of the research
German federal prosecutors have charged Berlin businesswoman Ilona W., 57, with alleged intelligence-agent activity on behalf of Russia, around eight months after her arrest. According to the 74-page indictment, the German-Ukrainian woman is accused of carrying out activities for a
An American intelligence chief would normally have every means at his disposal to travel to Moscow without being noticed. That is, after all, part
by Nil Rory Cormac’s Fakers is not merely a history of British covert propaganda. It is an anatomy of a state learning to weaponise
Forty-five years ago today, a daring U.S. military mission intended to rescue American hostages from Tehran ended in disaster, leaving eight American servicemen dead and reshaping the future of U.S. special operations.
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The U.S. government today released more than 10,000 pages of previously classified records related to the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The release, ordered by President Donald J. Trump and
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This essay is produced by CIAGate, a volunteer group of investigative journalists, and is shared in collaboration and with permission. – Editors We’re diving deeper into our investigation of CIA actions that
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In one of the more sensational entries from the archives of Cold War lore, a newly resurfaced declassified CIA document recounts a bizarre story from the late 1980s: that Soviet soldiers allegedly
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Brussels has begun issuing burner phones and basic laptops to senior European Commission staff travelling to the United States, over fears of potential espionage, in a move typically reserved for visits to
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China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) revealed on Saturday that a former employee of a military-linked research institute has been sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage, in a case that underscores growing
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by Nil Douglas Waller’s The Determined Spy is an incisive, meticulously researched, and moving portrait of Frank G. Wisner, a pivotal figure in the early years of the CIA. While the subtitle
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Newly analyzed CIA documents reveal that U.S. intelligence officials continued to investigate the possibility that Adolf Hitler survived World War II and escaped to South America, pursuing leads for more than a
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A trove of newly declassified documents released by the National Archives and posted by the National Security Archive provides a rare and dramatic glimpse into the inner workings of the CIA’s global
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Britain suspected Israel of bugging its embassy in Tel Aviv and launched a covert propaganda campaign against the Israeli government after discovering it had secretly supplied weapons to Argentina during the 1982
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Cybersecurity experts have raised alarms over a growing threat posed by North Korean IT workers infiltrating companies across Europe, with a new report revealing an alarming rise in these espionage activities. These
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial decision to appoint former naval commander Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet security service has sparked intense debate, both within his coalition
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) has conducted at least 518 surveillance flights over or near Gaza since December 2023, according to a report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) for Declassified UK.
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Newly declassified CIA documents have revealed that the Ark of the Covenant, a legendary biblical artifact believed to contain the Ten Commandments, was allegedly located by a psychic in the 1980s as
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A growing controversy surrounding the encrypted messaging app Signal has sparked speculation about its potential ties to U.S. intelligence agencies and whether it was used to target Trump allies. Dubbed Signalgate, the
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