Intelligence

EU plans new intelligence ‘cell’ amid rising global threats

Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission is laying the groundwork for a new intelligence coordination cell in Brussels. The initiative is still at a “very early, conceptual stage,” but the…

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Intelligence shows Russia is plotting sabotage across Europe – FT

The Financial Times reports that according to a number European intelligence agencies warned their governments that Russia is plotting what it calls "violent acts of sabotage" across the continent as…

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Austria admits ‘intolerable mistakes’ in checks on Vienna attacker

Austria on Friday admitted "intolerable mistakes" in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could have considered him a greater…

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German intelligence aims at access to domestic smart appliances

Germany plans to allow its police and security forces to access “smart home devices” in anything from fridges to Amazon’s Alexa. The plan announced by the interior ministry would see…

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European intelligence sought advice from South America’s 70s dictatorships to combat leftwing subversion – CIA document

British, West German and French intelligence agencies sought advice from South America’s bloody 1970s dictatorships on how to combat leftwing “subversion”, according to a newly declassified CIA document. The European…

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If you wear glasses, you may be more intelligent than average

If you wear glasses you may well be more intelligent than the average person. A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has found that needing to wear glasses…

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Air Strikes on Syria – France publishes declassified intelligence report

In a rather unprecedented move, one of the allies which took part in last night's air strikes on Syria, published the intelligence reports on the basis of which decisions were…

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