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09/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez greets the Secretary of State and Director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban (2nd L), and the Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas, in the presence of the General Director of the Department of National Security, Miguel Ángel Ballesteros. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

POLITICAL CRISIS

Spanish intelligence chief dismissed amid spying scandal

The Nomad Today 5/10/22

The Pegasus software developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group is capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, collecting passwords and location tracking, among other things

Czech President Milos Zeman. Photo: Ralf Hirschberger/dpa/file photo.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Czech president says US intelligence services messed up on Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/17/22

For the US intelligence services, he said, it was the "third embarrassment" after statements on alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and misjudgements in the withdrawal from Afghanistan

28 August 2021, United Kingdom, London: A protester wears a Donald Trump mask, during the medical freedom march against Vaccine passports, mandatory vaccines for care workers and vaccines for children. Photo: Martin Pope/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

China accuses US intelligence agencies of lying in virus report

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/29/21

One agency assessed with "moderate confidence" that it was more likely the result of a laboratory incident

FILED - Medical staff put on their protective suits at a hospital in Wuhan, ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak. China rejected US President Joe Biden's order for a new investigation by US intelligence agencies into the origins of the coronavirus, accusing the US of trying to politicize the search. Photo: -/TPG via ZUMA Press/dpa

World

US INTELLIGENCE REPORT

Biden orders Covid origin probe as Chinese lab accident theory gains ground

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/27/21

China rejected Biden's order, accusing the US of trying to politicize the search.

Coronavirus

SWR

Russian secret service chief accuses EU of blocking Moscow's vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/19/21

He said the EU was preventing the approval of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Europe for political reasons.

FILED - 18 February 2016, Berlin: British author John le Carre attends the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. The British writer is dead. David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carre has died at the age of 89, his agent confirmed on Sunday night. Photo: Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

World

LITERATURE

British spy novel author known as John le Carre dies aged 89

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/14/20

He studied in Bern and Oxford before serving in the British intelligence services during the Cold War.

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd L) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: -/Christian Estrosi Twitter via PA Media/dpa

Finland

SUPO ASSESSMENT

Finnish intelligence: Islamist terror threat in Finland 'elevated'

The Nomad Today 10/29/20

Supo has identified some groups and individuals with the motivation and capacity to carry out a terrorist attack in Finland. "Some people have moved to Finland from conflict zones after…

St. Basil's Cathedral (l), the Lenin mausoleum and the Spassky Tower of the Kremlin on Red Square. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa

World

Russian court sentences US national to 16 years for espionage

The Nomad Today 6/15/20

Paul Whelan, a former US marine, was accused of having obtained classified Russian state information.

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing on extending his pre-trial detention, in Moscow, Russia October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

World

Russia seeks 18-year jail term for ex-US Marine in spying trial

The Nomad Today 5/25/20

US Marine Whelan, a US national who also holds British, Canadian and Irish passports, has been in custody since he was detained in Moscow.

Finland

Dozens of foreign intelligence officers conducting operations in Finland

The Nomad Today 12/9/19

The country is interesting especially for Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies. Some foreign spies are trying to "control and exert pressure" on their citizens living permanently in…