The Hesitant Spy Artem Zinchenko was a GRU officer arrested by the Estonian Security Service (KAPO) in January 2017. He was sentenced to five years in prison. He had been living under cover as a businessman running a company named Dana Investments (after his wife). The company designed and sold …
Category: Russian Intel
No Shit, Sherlock
So, after two years and half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money, the conclusion of the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee is that Russia is a threat to the UK’s national security. Well, shucks! The ISC is supposed to be the watchdog for Britain’s intelligence services. Since its creation in …
Pre-emptive strike
The UK government has moved quickly to prepare for the impending release of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s (ISC) report on Russian interference in UK politics. In effect, they have tried to mix two different stories and hope to escape in the confusion. On 16 July, the intelligence services of …
Oversight
Conservative Party MP, Julian Lewis has been elected as head of the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC). This is the parliamentary body that monitors the UK intelligence services. However, he is not celebrating. As a result of his election, Lewis has been censured by the British government in a …
Cyber War and Civil Rights
The wave of anger in the United States following the death of George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minnesota has presented interesting opportunities to certain intelligence agencies. As the rioting spread to more than twenty US cities, the mayor of Minnesota received a security briefing and …