Archive - Tom Griffin on intelligence history

May 2025

Directives from the Centre - A new take on an old genre

Britain’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation had some striking advice for foreign agents last week.

May 24 •

Fraser Cameron is a former MI6 officer and European Commission official. In 2020, Belgium's VSSE security service accused him of spying for China…

May 22 •

Trump takes a leaf from the neocon playbook on intelligence analysis

In the Trump administration, the neoconservatives are an object of derision but their spirit lives on. Then again, they always operated under the…

May 19 •

Netanyahu's search for a new Shin Bet chief

Long list of candidates to replace Ronen Bar highlights tensions with security establishment over 'Qatargate' and other issues

May 11 •

Head of Shin Bet 2021-25

May 7 •

Go big or go bust: Intelligence oversight in the UK

Could be the UK be about to lose legislative oversight of its intelligence agencies? That was the prospect raised in a remarkable press release from the…

May 2 •

April 2025

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