Strategic intelligence analyst. Founder, Competitive Futures. Author. Sanctioned by the Russian Federation.
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NEW VIDEO: Evidence shows that Iran threatened NATO directly. The intelligence is overwhelming—and contradicts recent claims
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Counterintelligence operations are often VASTLY underestimated by the x gen pop.
Not every adversary is confronted. Some are watched, tested,
manipulated, and allowed to believe they're operating undetected.
Sometimes the objective isn't to stop the operation.
It's to expose the entire network.
Never confuse access with trust. Or proximity with loyalty.
When studying the battlefield, keep this front of mind: What you see unfolding publicly may be only a fraction of the counterintelligence operation taking place behind the scenes.
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🚨HAPPENING NOW: @AGToddBlanche announces the results of Operation TorNado: a coordinated, multi‑agency and international law enforcement effort targeting opioid and fentanyl traffickers on the Dark Web resulted in OVER 350 ARRESTS WORLDWIDE and the seizure of drugs, weapons, and over $234 MILLION ⬇️
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🇷🇺Ask any Russian intelligence officer about NARUZHKA, and you’ll see a knowing glance, and, possibly they’ll ask: “Откуда такой вопрос?” (why such a question, because it will freak them out!)…
Naruzhka is their short term for naruzhnoye nablyudeniye, or “following surveillance,” it refers to the tradecraft and professionals who follow targets, monitor their movements, identify their contacts, and document their routines.
As a CIA case officer I always enjoyed debriefing Russian intelligence officers on this and tradecraft more broadly--how they conduct their espionage. It was my specialty as an senior expert in CIA's Directorate of Operations.
The Russians are masters at it, and they have been for centuries (literally, from the time of the Tsars). But surveillance is about considerably more than simply watching people.
👉 For Russian intelligence, it is an essential tool for espionage, counterintelligence, intimidation, extortion (of businesses), and sometimes- assassination.
🚨 READ more about this, in the second of my TRADECRAFT BRIEF on my substack, linked below…
And please check out my book, a best seller internationally: “Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks.” Chapter 4 is all about Russian surveillance!
#russianintelligence #russia #putin #nationalsecurity #hybridwar
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In the very near future, humans will pay to observe, experience and participate in tasks that we all currently take for granted.
Super intelligence is inadvertently going to drive a Renaissance in the arts, music, and theater.
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BREAKING: Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., has died.
- Russian Foreign Ministry
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Dual Kazakhstani-Tajikistani Citizen Extradited from Egypt for Role in Alien Smuggling Conspiracy
“This defendant’s alleged involvement in an international human smuggling conspiracy that brought aliens from Russia and Central Asia to the United States threatened the security of our nation,” said @AAGDuva. “These aliens were not vetted by anyone, undermining our nation’s immigration laws and creating serious risks. We will reach across the world to hold human smugglers accountable.”
🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/dual-kaza…
ALT “This defendant’s alleged involvement in an international human smuggling conspiracy that brought aliens from Russia and Central Asia to the United States threatened the security of our nation,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “These aliens were not vetted by anyone, undermining our nation’s immigration laws and creating serious risks. We will reach across the world to hold human smugglers accountable.”
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BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved to a military base after Iranian threats against his life reached “more than an advanced stage,” a senior administration official tells Fox News Digital.
The official says the threats prompted Bessent and his family to make the move.
The Treasury Department confirms his relocation and says he will “not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats” as he leads efforts to isolate Iran financially through sanctions and trade restrictions.
He’s not the only senior administration official moving into protected housing. See the latest developments: foxnews.com/category/person/…
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Trucking company owner charged in labor scheme involving unauthorized non-citizen drivers
justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/tru…
ALT image of man behind his back and federal agent hold his arm
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🚨 36 individuals, nine of whom are illegal aliens, have been charged in a multi-state @HSTaskForce investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering that spans international borders.
“Nothing will stop the Trump Administration’s commitment to protecting the American people from lethal drugs,” said @AGToddBlanche. “Thanks to the work of the Homeland Security Task Force, the people of South Carolina are safer today than they were two years ago. The Department of Justice will continue dismantling drug trafficking networks and delivering justice for victims and their families.”
The map shows where the arrests occurred in South Carolina.
Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/multi-sta…
ALT Multi-State Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Leads to 36 Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
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Three Iranian-Backed Operatives Indicted for Their Roles in Nearly 20 Terrorist Attacks and Attempted Attacks Across Europe and the United States
“Anyone who plans a terrorist plot on a military base housing American servicemembers will be prosecuted by the United States government,” said @AGToddBlanche. “The defendants listed in the indictment allegedly supported two foreign terrorist organizations, and al-Saadi allegedly coordinated with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted terrorist plot. This Department of Justice will continue dismantling terrorist networks and protecting the American people from terrorist organizations.”
🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/three-ira…
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BREAKING: A member of the US Army has been arrested in the UK as part of a counter-terrorism investigation. The 41-year-old man was detained near Gloucester on Tuesday under the National Security Act. Police say the allegations relate to Russia - UK Police
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Today my office issued a subpoena to the Democratic Socialists of America. We’re examining foreign contributions—including from Cuba and China—tied to their delegations and travel fund solicitations.
FL law requires transparency. We will hold those who break the law accountable.
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Justice Department Sues Lyft for Denying Rides to Passengers with Service Dogs, Wheelchairs
“Individuals with disabilities should be able to rely on rideshare services free of discrimination. We intend to uphold the ADA’s promise that people with disabilities are entitled to equal access in every part of public life, including essential transportation services.” - Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Jesus Osete
🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d…
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lmao. east germany’s stasi literally ran a “romeo spy” program during the cold war. handsome agents sent to seduce lonely secretaries and staffers in west german government offices. worked so well its considered one of the most successful honeytraps ever
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SECRETARY RUBIO: The economic pain that is being inflicted on Iran right now, on that regime, is extraordinary. It compounds, it's growing every day. These sanctions get worse over time, they get more painful as time goes on. It's all brought about by the fact that this radical regime of lunatics is imposing this on their own people. They're destroying their own country.
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🚨 SEX, SECRETS, and SPIES. The KGB called them "SWALLOWS," East Germany deployed "Romeo's," and now China continues an ole trick in new times.
Allegations involving NVIDIA's CEO and a suspected Chinese intelligence operative remind us that one of espionage's oldest weapons remains extraordinarily effective...
🔥 THE HONEYTRAP.
In my latest article for Britain's @theipaper, I explain why intelligence agencies continue using sexual and romantic entrapment in an age dominated by AI, cyber operations and high-tech surveillance.
As a former CIA Station Chief who spent decades confronting hostile intelligence services like the Chinese and Russians, I've seen why these operations work and undestand the nuances, why they use them.
👉It's not simply about sex. It's about trust, intimacy, emotional dependence and the manipulation of human vulnerability.
🇷🇺 The KGB understood this. So did East Germany's intelligence chief Markus Wolf, head of the HVA, Stasi's foreign intelligence arm. Wolf, the infamous "man without a face" used "Romeo spies" to cultivate long-term romantic relationships with secretaries in West Germany in order to penetrate German and NATO's institutions.
As I write in the article, the Russians and their Communist allies learned long ago that "a willing source who believes they are in love can be far more valuable than someone being blackmailed."
Today, China's intelligence services operate in a world where social media, dating apps and AI-generated identities offer unprecedented opportunities to identify and cultivate potential targets. They used LinkedIn and all SM sites to target and recruit as witnessed by convicted spy Kevin Mallory.
The allegations surrounding NVIDIA's Jensen Huang remain under investigation. No compromise of company secrets has been established thus far.
But the larger lesson is timeless:
⚠️ "The most dangerous intelligence vulnerability is often the person who believes they are 'too smart for that' and could never be a target."
Sometimes the oldest tricks in espionage remain the most effective. Score this one as a win for our adversaries, yet again...
📰 My latest for the UK's i Paper, 🔗 (ARTICLE gift LINK below)
#Espionage #China #NVIDIA #Intelligence #Spycraft #NationalSecurity
📰 Read my full article in the UK's i Paper 🔗 (ARTICLE GIFT LINK below):
**Stay tuned… I'll be exploring these kinds of espionage tactics, their history and their modern implications in future editions of my TRADECRAFT BRIEF newsletter for Subscribers only, here on Substack. See my Brief No.1—on KOMPROMAT and Honeytraps, posted this past weekend!
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🚨 262 arrests in operation targeting migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean
An international operation targeting criminal organizations involved in migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea and the West African Atlantic route has resulted in 262 arrests and 434 new investigations.
In just four days, participating agencies identified 41 different organized criminal groups involved in migrant smuggling. In a significant case, Libyan authorities rescued 34 potential victims of human trafficking and arrested three individuals for their suspected involvement in an organized criminal group engaged in human trafficking, migrant smuggling and extortion.
Officers also checked more than 378,000 individuals, monitored hotspots, strengthened screening at key locations and pursued investigative leads, resulting in:
🔵 109 potential victims identified
🔵 1,715 irregular migrants detected
The initiative brought together law enforcement and border management agencies from 16 countries across North and West Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East. It was led by @INTERPOL_HQ with operational support from @Europol, @Frontex, @AFRIPOLOfficial, the @UNmigration and the @UNODC.
Funded by EU 🇪🇺
➡️ 🔗 interpol.int/News-and-Events…
