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		<title>Russian spies hacked security cameras to monitor weapons shipments to Ukraine</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/07/14/01-3445/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[STATE-SPONSORED RUSSIAN HACKERS compromised surveillance cameras in the Netherlands in an effort to monitor the transportation of weapons to Ukraine, according to a report issued by the Dutch government.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Female suspect in Monaco bombing that targeted sanctioned oligarch found dead</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/07/08/01-3444/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anastasiia Berezovska]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF having planted an explosive device that critically injured a sanctioned oligarch and members of his family in Monaco has been found dead in Ukraine, according to reports. Two men have been charged with murdering the woman, both of whom are Ukrainian government employees. One of the suspects is a law enforcement [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamas’s sophisticated deception strategy enabled October 7 attacks, study shows</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/07/04/01-3443/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2023 Israel-Hamas War]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A STUDY OF HAMAS documents seized by Israel during the Israel-Hamas war reveals the extent of sophistication behind Hamas’s deception campaign. The Palestinian group deliberately portrayed itself as essentially deterred and focused on economic stability and on governing Gaza, rather than on a military confrontation with Israel. This successful misdirection repeatedly influenced Israeli security discussions. The key takeaway is that Hamas used deliberate deception tactics, including economic distraction, a West Bank focus, and covert military exercises, to mask its preparations for a large-scale attack against Israel.]]></description>
		
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		<title>US spy agencies resisting White House plan to create master list of espionage threats</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/07/01/01-3442/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES are reportedly refusing to abide by a White House directive that requires them to turn over the names of all individuals who are believed to be spying on the United States. The directive aims to build a master list of all known foreign intelligence actors with the goal of streamlining American counterintelligence efforts against them. However, senior counterintelligence officials are concerned that such a centralized master list could leak and result in a catastrophic compromise of national security information.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Gofman’s Mossad appointment poses major challenges to Israeli Intelligence</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/06/19/01-3441/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Roman Gofman’s appointment as Mossad director illustrates the tensions that frequently accompany senior security appointments in Israel. On the one hand, supporters viewed him as a highly capable commander whose operational experience, creativity, and wartime service made him well-suited to lead the country’s foreign intelligence service. On the other hand, critics questioned his lack of intelligence experience, his close association with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and controversies stemming from allegations of lapses in decision-making and command disputes during his military career.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iran has mostly replenished its missile stockpiles: Western intelligence</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/06/15/01-3440/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IRAN USED THE EIGHT-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel to replenish its military arsenal to at least three-quarters of its pre-war levels, according to Western intelligence estimates. Tehran has been able to incorporate substantial supplies of Russian-built weapons to its firepower and could easily reach 100 percent of its pre-war arsenal capacity soon, according to reports.]]></description>
		
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		<title>CIA officer found with over $42 million in gold and cash had created ‘fake’ program</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/06/08/01-3439/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY officer allegedly created a fake government program in order to embezzle over $42 million in government funds, according to reports. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested David J. Rush on May 19, after he has found in possession of 303 bars of gold worth over $40 million. He was also found in possession of over $2 million in cash and over 30 luxury watches.]]></description>
		
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		<title>US, Mexican authorities deny claims CIA is assassinating cartel members in Mexico</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/05/18/01-3438/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AUTHORITIES IN MEXICO AND the United States have rejected as “fictions” reports in American and Mexican media that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel are directly involved in assassination operations against the drug cartels.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis: Europe’s Intelligence Challenge in an Era of Strategic Bipolarity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United States remains the most powerful military actor in the Western alliance system, but recent conflicts have exposed serious limits in American strategic capacity. For Europe, this lesson is no longer speculative. It must now shape the intelligence planning, defense preparedness, and executive decision-making across NATO’s European pillar. This requires a major shift in how European intelligence communities define their mission and operational priorities.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis: Austrian officials warn of increased spying against military targets</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/04/26/01-3436/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE AUSTRIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE Agency, the Abwehramt (AbwA), as well as the Austrian Chief of the General Staff, have publicly warned in recent weeks that intelligence targeting of the Austrian military, the Bundesheer, has increased markedly. There has not only been a significant rise in unauthorized drone flights near and over military installations, but also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>China is now sending missiles to Iran, according to US intelligence agencies</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/04/13/01-3435/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THERE IS MOUNTING EVIDENCE to suggest that the government of China may be supplying missiles to the Iranian armed forces, according to American intelligence agencies. Combined with prior reports about alleged Russian intelligence assistance to Iran, these latest indicators may demonstrate that China and Russia are aiding the Iranian military in a systematic and coordinated fashion in order to contribute to an American strategic defeat in the Middle East.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: The Mossad’s plan to overthrow the regime in Iran was leaked</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/04/06/01-3434/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[intelNews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ON SUNDAY MARCH 22, The New York Times reported that the United States and Israel launched the war in Iran with a central strategic assumption: that external military pressure on Iran could trigger internal unrest and bring about regime collapse. In Israel, reactions to the article focused primarily on the question of who had an interest in leaking this information to The Times. The leak, which Israeli national security analysts confirmed as accurate, seemed intended to find a scapegoat. It aimed to hold the head of the Mossad responsible in the eventuality that the war did not achieve its goals. Some thought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself may have been behind the leak. The second possible source of the leak is an alleged attempt by senior officials in the White House, the National Security Council, and part of the American intelligence community, to place responsibility on Israel for the apparent failure to achieve the war’s goals.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Real War Is About To Begin: Iran Transitions to Full-Scale Insurgency</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/03/30/01-3433/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Israel are no longer dictating the tempo of this war—they are reacting to it. Their opening gambit failed to produce the desired results. Now a wounded but resilient Iranian regime has seized the initiative, and no external actor—certainly not NATO—is coming to reverse that fact. What remains are narrowing choices, each more costly than the last: escalation, attrition, or strategic compromise. None promise clean outcomes. All carry risk. One thing is certain: this war will not stay contained. It will spill into markets, into supply chains, into households. It will be paid for—in blood, in capital, and in time. What comes next will be messy, it will be violent, and it will be expensive.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Investigation uncovers previously unknown Russian covert action unit</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/03/16/01-3432/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A JOINT PROJECT BY the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and the investigative website The Insider has uncovered the existence and inner workings of a previously unknown Russian intelligence and cover action unit. The unit’s formal name is Military Unit 75127, but it is known within Russia’s intelligence establishment as Center 795.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Classified US intelligence report suggests Iran regime unlikely to fall or change</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/03/09/01-3431/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A CLASSIFIED REPORT ISSUED two weeks ago by the United States National Intelligence Council (NIC) found that even a full-scale interstate war against Iran would be unlikely to dislodge or drastically alter the current regime.]]></description>
		
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		<title>CIA working with Kurdish separatists to foment armed rebellion in northwestern Iran</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/03/05/01-3430/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL Intelligence Agency (CIA) is arming and training ethnic separatists in northwestern Iran with the goal of fomenting an armed rebellion against Tehran in the coming weeks, according to reports. Several news outlets report that Iranian Kurdish opposition forces are preparing to launch a ground operation in northwestern Iran “in the coming days”.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis: Escalation Without Endgame and the Limits of Defeating Iran</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/03/03/01-3429/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE ONGOING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN Iran and its adversaries unfolds against the backdrop of a regime that is strategically depleted yet politically combustible. Yet strategic exhaustion does not equate to imminent collapse. Indeed, the potential degradation of Iran’s coercive institutions raises a more complex question: what follows tactical success? Thus, while Iran appears weakened and vulnerable, the longer-term trajectory of the conflict remains uncertain, fraught with the risk of protracted instability and regional spillover at a level that could make Libya and Syria seem mild by comparison.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Israelis with high-level clearances betted on military operations on Polymarket</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/02/23/01-3428/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[intelNews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A CIVILIAN AND A reservist with high-level classified access used Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confidential information to place bets on Polymarket regarding future Israeli military operations. Polymarket is among the most prominent platforms in the rapidly emerging cryptocurrency-based prediction market sector. Polymarket users are invited to bet “yes” or “no” on whether specific events will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>France arrests alleged Chinese spies living in small village—four arrests so far</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/02/11/01-3427/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN arrested in France on suspicion of spying for China using a system of parabolic antennas and computers installed at a rented property in the French countryside.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poland to probe alleged ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND has announced plans to launch an investigation into the possibility that an international sex trafficking ring set up by the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a “honey trap” set up by Russian intelligence to entrap “the elites of the Western world,” according to Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk.]]></description>
		
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		<title>European Union states begin requiring advance transit notices from Russian diplomats</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/02/02/01-3425/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AT LEAST THREE EUROPEAN Union members states now require Russian diplomats who are not accredited in their territories to notify them prior to entering their borders. According to the new requirement, Russian diplomats must provide advance notification if they intend to travel to, or transit through, a European Union country in which they are not accredited.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Intelligence tensions rock NATO as Danish government issues espionage advisory</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/01/26/01-3424/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS IN THE North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are “not talking openly” anymore, while authorities in Denmark have advised government officials to disable Bluetooth functions on their devices due to spying concerns.]]></description>
		
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		<title>BBC given rare access to university course designed for French intelligence staff</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/01/19/01-3423/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EARLIER THIS MONTH, FRANCE-based British reporter Chris Bockman was given rare access to a training course designed collaboratively by a leading French university and France’s intelligence services.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis: Israeli domestic intelligence agency in crisis as deputy director steps down</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2026/01/11/01-3422/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[intelNews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avner Barnea]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN THE CONCLUDING WEEKS of 2025, the Israel Intelligence Agency (ISA), which serves as its primary internal security and counterintelligence service, experienced two rapturous events that shook the organization to its very foundations. One was the appointment of Major General (retired) David Zini as the organization’s head. The other was the sudden retirement of the its deputy, known as ‘S’ (the first letter of his first name), who had been appointed to that position just two months earlier.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis: Change in sight as Austria appoints its first-ever female spy chief</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/12/22/01-3421/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[intelNews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Omar Haijawi-Pirchner]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN LATE NOVEMBER 2025 news broke that the selection for the new director of Austria’s domestic intelligence service, the //Direktion Staatsschutz und Nachrichtendienst// (Directorate State Protection and Intelligence Service – DSN) had been finalized: the new head of DSN would be Sylvia Mayer, a long time member of the Austrian intelligence community and the DSN’s deputy director for intelligence since October 2023. Mayer, therefore, is poised to become the first female spy chief in Austrian history.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Former deep-cover spy leads Kremlin’s efforts to woo Indian high-tech sector</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/12/08/01-3420/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elena Vavilova]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A FORMER DEEP COVER Russian intelligence officer, whose cover was blown in 2010 when he was arrested in the United States, is spearheading efforts by the Kremlin to secure investments by India’s technology sector.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Colombian spy chief claims intelligence-sharing with CIA continues despite dispute</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/12/01/01-3419/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IN A RARE MEDIA interview, the chief of Colombia’s National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) has said that his agency’s collaboration with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other American spy organizations continues unabated.]]></description>
		
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		<title>France arrests members of humanitarian charity accused of being a Russian front</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/11/26/01-3418/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED three individuals and placed a fourth person under supervision after scrutinizing the operations of a humanitarian organization suspected of being a front for Russian intelligence.]]></description>
		
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		<title>British spy and his Chinese handler used private jet to escape to China, report claims</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/11/10/01-3417/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Fitsanakis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A BRITISH MAN WANTED by American authorities for spying for China, who disappeared along with his Chinese handler while under house arrest, may have managed to escape to China using a private jet, a report claims.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dutch spy services have restricted intelligence-sharing with the United States: report</title>
		<link>https://intelnews.org/2025/10/20/01-3416/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE Netherlands have restricted intelligence-sharing with their United States counterparts due to political developments in Washington, according to two leading Dutch intelligence officials.]]></description>
		
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