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Plagues and Peoples in the 21st Century
Covid, China and the US intelligence Community
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'A tightly-knit group of politically motivated men' - MI5 and the CPGB
Cover page of newly released MI5 file KV3-448 (UK National Archives).
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Major MI5 release from UK National Archives
The UK National Archives have this week released a tranche of over 100 previously secret files on the British Security Service, MI5. The new documents…
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Rome CIA Station
The US Embassy in Rome on the Via Veneto (User: Gobbler at wikivoyage shared, CC3.0).
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The Third Coming of the Information Research Department
The Cold War propaganda model that exercises a perennial fascination for British think-tanks
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December 2024

John R. Horton
CIA Mexico station chief c.1971 and National Intelligence Officer for Central and Latin America 1983-4
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John M. Maury
CIA Soviet Russia Division chief 1954-62, Athens Station chief 1962-68, Congressional Liaison 1968-74
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The perils of East-West trade
The UK's China debate mirrors past controversies over economic links with the Soviet Union
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Athens CIA station
The US Embassy in Athens pictured in 2006 (ChristosV, CC3.0).
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Trump sends loyalist to conservative intelligence redoubt
Devin Nunes to head President's Intelligence Advisory Board
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The Cold War heritage of Russian nationalism
A charismatic entertainment personality wins the US Presidency for the Republicans. Behind him stand a cohort of activists determined to gut the…
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John Ratcliffe
US Director of National Intelligence 2020-21
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