Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
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Dr. Dan Lomas
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"Sir Richard Moore said that while he was working under diplomatic cover in Kuala Lumpur, he was sent a Christmas card by the Malaysian secret service that addressed him as his James Bond namesake".
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To end, "Harry" Hinsley and others have predominantly talked about ULTRA and Bletchley Park on D Day, but that forgets that intelligence is a team effort and that SIS/MI6 played a major (if overlooked) role in guaranteeing success on #DDay. #WW2 #DDay82
#DDay82: In the years and months leading up to D Day, Allied planners had a steady stream of human intelligence from networks run by SIS/MI6 and it's allies, from beach defences and AA/radar sites to troop movements, adding to the all-source picture before Allied troops landed.
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"Robinson – who previously visited Russia in 2020 – appears to be taking on the role of a “useful idiot” for Russian President Vladimir Putin".
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Finally, SIS was vital (alongside imagery intelligence) in documenting geographical sites of interest - roads, bridges, radar sites, etc - that planners needed to know about. HUMINT gave unique insights.
Although a large amount of CX doesn't survive - SIS's archives are limited and reports were often destroyed after circulation - there are enough traces of CX in files to show MI6/SIS's contribution to the success of D Day. ⏬️ is on the ID of German armoured formations.
Israel's New 'Iran Spies': Young, Broke and Mostly Clueless www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
👀 SIS/MI6 had been building a significant number of agent networks across Europe that by 1943/44 started to give significant insights into the German order of battle. The below example shows CX - SIS's reporting - was important in identifying German units.
US intelligence employees brace for cuts under new director - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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More Than 70 Israelis Have Been Charged With Contact With Iranian Agents Since October 7. An Haaretz Investigation Reveals That Most Were Not Ideologues or Master Spies, but Marginal Figures Chasing E...
Staff at the office of the top U.S. spy have been told by managers to expect extensive cuts in the coming months following comments by President Donald Trump that he wants the new interim director to...
