One of the old chickens laid that monster egg and for some reason it got me wondering if spies ever used eggs for secret messages. I was thinking some kind of chicken “port” to insert in the egg making process, but a web search finds less intrusive ways.
#spies #eggs #chickens

Spies and Politics

Interesting read. #russia #spies #politics #mcgonigal
https://newrepublic.com/article/170328/charles-mcgonigal-throw-2016-election

Since the spy balloon saga started, China has tried to play down the incident and stop it from further inflaming relations with the U.S. But as alarm and accusations have mounted, that is getting harder to do. /sp/

https://nyti.ms/3DTjRe0
No paywall Link:
https://archive.is/3RyX0

#China #ChineseSpyBalloon #Spy #Espionage #Balloon #Spies #Technology #SpyBalloon #CCP #FBI

In Its Push for an Intelligence Edge, China’s Military Turned to Balloons
Chinese military scientists have been looking for ways to make them more durable, harder to detect and even to serve as platforms that fire advanced weapons. /sp/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/world/asia/china-spy-balloon-military.html

Paywall Free Version:
https://archive.is/DfVc8

#China #ChineseSpyBalloon #Spy #Espionage #Balloon #Spies #Technology #SpyBalloon #CCP

Iranians tried to hire private investigator to spy in Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iranian-intelligence-surveillance-allegation-canada-1.6692075

#canada #iran #spies #spying

Mr. Mikushin is one of three Russians recently arrested in Europe on suspicion of being “illegals” — spies who embed in a local society for long-term espionage or recruitment. In June, an intern at the International Criminal Court, also with a Brazilian passport, was arrested in The Hague and charged with spying for Russia. In late November, a Swedish raid caught a Russian couple accused of espionage. #Russia #Spies

As the war in Ukraine bogs down and Moscow’s isolation increases, European nations have grown wary that a desperate Kremlin is exploiting their open societies to deepen attempts at spying, sabotage and infiltration — possibly to send a message, or to probe how far it could go if needed in a broader conflict with the West. #Russia #Spies #kremlin
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/world/europe/arctic-norway-russian-spies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Government plan to give immunity to ministers, spies and military involved in murder and torture abroad | The Independent

David Davis bringing amendments to strip ‘unconscionable’ clauses of National Security Bill
#NationalSecurityBill
#Immunity
#Military
#Ministers
#Spies
#Murder
#Torture
#Tories
#ToriesOut
#ToriesUnfitToGovern

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/national-security-bill-immunity-torture-b2226310.html

The Rally Point: End 2021 y/n? - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rally-point-end-2021-yn #Workers&Resources;:SovietRepublic #AllianceOfTheSacredSuns #DistantWorlds2 #Spies&Soldiers; #TheRallyPoint #MasterofMagic #MechEngineer #UrbanStrife #TheIronOath #MenOfWarII #Strategy