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‘War raging in the Atlantic’: Russian spy sensors found near UK shores, raising security concerns’ The British military identified the devices after several washed ashore and were located by the Royal Navy, according to a report One of Britain’s Vanguard nuclear submarines, HMS Vigilant, at a naval base in Scotland. AFP File Russian sensors suspected […]
Can You Help Spies Crack ‘Impossible’ WWII Pigeon Code? By Lee Ferran November 23, 2012 The best of the British code breakers have apparently met their match in a WWII-era secret message recently discovered attached to the leg of a long-dead pigeon. Cryptographers at Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the spy agency in charge of signals intelligence, […]
A World War II-era guide to tailing a target, and files on notorious double agents such as Kim Philby, feature in MI5: Official Secrets show Reading Time: 2 minutes Agence France-Presse Published: 3:15pm, 14 Jan 2025 Updated: 3:37pm, 14 Jan 2025
Despite a proud cadre of high-ranking female intelligence officers, declassified documents reveal the agency’s long struggle with women as agents. On December 16, 1941, nine days after Pearl Harbor, a mother of three from Maryland named Adelaide Hawkins signed an affidavit with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services [OSS] in Washington saying she would “defend the Constitution […]
Man Charged in Leak of Classified Documents About Israeli Military Plans The man, who worked overseas for the C.I.A., was arrested on Tuesday by the F.B.I. and faces two counts of violating the Espionage Act Israeli tanks near the border with Gaza last month. The information in the leaked documents is highly classified and shed […]
By Olivia Christie Published: 06:38 EDT, 17 August 2024 | Updated: 06:50 EDT, 17 August 2024 A new ‘spy-in-the-sky’ satellite has been launched into space by the UK military to help keep an eye on the nation’s enemies. Named Tyche, it is UK Space Command’s first satellite that can capture daytime images and videos of the Earth’s surface and will […]
by Press Trust of India June 13, 2024 New Delhi- Ajit Doval, one of India’s most celebrated spymasters, has been part of many key decisions taken by the Modi government in its first and second terms as the country’s National Security Adviser (NSA). He was on Thursday re-appointed as the NSA for a record third term, the […]
SAIC Secures $232 MlL U.S. RTTNews May. 9, 2024, 08:48 AM (RTTNews) – Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced on Thursday that it secured a five-year contract worth $232 million to develop signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Army. Under this agreement, SAIC will pinpoint gaps, vulnerabilities, and threats, and propose strategies […]
After years of bungling, Russia’s spies are back—with a vengeance Also on the daily podcast: an expected commodities boom may not boom and the Saudi money in north-east England Feb 29th 2024 Share Listen to this podcast Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Podcast Episode Aslew of spycraft mishaps Russia’s once-great intelligence services […]
The history of espionage shows how spying contributes to a free society JASON BELL SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED YESTERDAY Jason Bell is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Brunswick and author of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada’s Greatest Spy. Citizens of liberal democracies sometimes complain that […]