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🔍 Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up | May 9, 2025
🌐 Intelligence News | Spy Scandals | National Security | Espionage | Terrorism | Foreign Interference | Geopolitics | Counterintelligence

This week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up brings you another packed lineup of global spy stories, national security bombshells, and insider analysis you won’t get from mainstream media.

🧠 With over 25 years in intelligence, national security, and law enforcement, Neil Bisson—retired CSIS Intelligence Officer and Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network—breaks down what’s really going on behind the headlines.

🎙️ Hit play and discover the real motives, methods, and intelligence operations shaping global security today.

🔥 Featured Stories This Week

📌 U.S. Intelligence Targets Greenland’s Independence Movement
➡️ Why is Denmark furious with Washington over alleged spying in Greenland—and what does it say about America’s true ambitions in the Arctic?

📌 CIA Triggers Beijing Backlash with China Recruitment Campaign
➡️ Can a slick CIA video really shake China's intelligence services—or is it a strategic psy-op meant to disrupt Beijing from within?

📌 FBI Budget Showdown: Director Flips on $545M Cut
➡️ What made the FBI Director reverse his dire warnings about budget shortfalls—and is politics compromising U.S. national security?

📌 German Spy Agency Pauses AfD Extremism Designation
➡️ Is Germany’s intelligence service being overly cautious—or are legal and political constraints undermining efforts to counter extremism?

📌 Iranian Terror Plot Foiled in London
➡️ How close did Iranian nationals come to attacking the Israeli Embassy—and what does this say about Tehran’s use of proxy terror cells in the West?

📌 Iran Denies Role in Embassy Plot—But Should We Believe Them?
➡️ What does history tell us about Iran’s pattern of denial—and how do intelligence agencies trace state-backed covert operations?

📌 Bulgaria Charges Russian Spy Ring Feeding Intel to Moscow
➡️ Are Russian espionage networks still thriving across Europe—and what does this case reveal about HUMINT operations in NATO countries?

📌 UK Convicts Bulgarian Spy Ring with Links to Kremlin
➡️ How did a team of Bulgarian agents run a covert network for Moscow using fake IDs, kids’ toys, and Telegram code names—and what’s next for Western counterintelligence?

🎧 This is the must-hear podcast for anyone interested in intelligence operations, espionage, spycraft, terrorism threats, counterintelligence, and global geopolitics.

📽️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
01:30 – U.S. Spying on Greenland
06:40 – CIA Recruitment in China
11:10 – FBI Budget Controversy
14:45 – Germany Suspends AfD Classification
17:50 – Iranian Terror Plot in UK
21:10 – Iran’s Denial and Intelligence Implications
23:40 – Bulgaria Charges Russian Spy Ring
25:30 – UK Convicts Bulgarian Operatives
26:30 – Outro

🎟️ Special Event
On May 27, join former CSIS Director Ward Elcock live in Ottawa at the Shenkman Centre as he reflects on leading Canada’s national security service through the Cold War and post-9/11 world.
🔗 Event info: https://shenkmanarts.ca/en/pillar-society-speakers-series

✅ Support the Show
If you value high-level, open-source intelligence and expert national security analysis:
🔗 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2336717/support
🔗 https://www.patreon.com/

Support the show

  continue reading

52 episodes

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🔍 Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up | May 9, 2025
🌐 Intelligence News | Spy Scandals | National Security | Espionage | Terrorism | Foreign Interference | Geopolitics | Counterintelligence

This week’s Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap-Up brings you another packed lineup of global spy stories, national security bombshells, and insider analysis you won’t get from mainstream media.

🧠 With over 25 years in intelligence, national security, and law enforcement, Neil Bisson—retired CSIS Intelligence Officer and Director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network—breaks down what’s really going on behind the headlines.

🎙️ Hit play and discover the real motives, methods, and intelligence operations shaping global security today.

🔥 Featured Stories This Week

📌 U.S. Intelligence Targets Greenland’s Independence Movement
➡️ Why is Denmark furious with Washington over alleged spying in Greenland—and what does it say about America’s true ambitions in the Arctic?

📌 CIA Triggers Beijing Backlash with China Recruitment Campaign
➡️ Can a slick CIA video really shake China's intelligence services—or is it a strategic psy-op meant to disrupt Beijing from within?

📌 FBI Budget Showdown: Director Flips on $545M Cut
➡️ What made the FBI Director reverse his dire warnings about budget shortfalls—and is politics compromising U.S. national security?

📌 German Spy Agency Pauses AfD Extremism Designation
➡️ Is Germany’s intelligence service being overly cautious—or are legal and political constraints undermining efforts to counter extremism?

📌 Iranian Terror Plot Foiled in London
➡️ How close did Iranian nationals come to attacking the Israeli Embassy—and what does this say about Tehran’s use of proxy terror cells in the West?

📌 Iran Denies Role in Embassy Plot—But Should We Believe Them?
➡️ What does history tell us about Iran’s pattern of denial—and how do intelligence agencies trace state-backed covert operations?

📌 Bulgaria Charges Russian Spy Ring Feeding Intel to Moscow
➡️ Are Russian espionage networks still thriving across Europe—and what does this case reveal about HUMINT operations in NATO countries?

📌 UK Convicts Bulgarian Spy Ring with Links to Kremlin
➡️ How did a team of Bulgarian agents run a covert network for Moscow using fake IDs, kids’ toys, and Telegram code names—and what’s next for Western counterintelligence?

🎧 This is the must-hear podcast for anyone interested in intelligence operations, espionage, spycraft, terrorism threats, counterintelligence, and global geopolitics.

📽️ CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
01:30 – U.S. Spying on Greenland
06:40 – CIA Recruitment in China
11:10 – FBI Budget Controversy
14:45 – Germany Suspends AfD Classification
17:50 – Iranian Terror Plot in UK
21:10 – Iran’s Denial and Intelligence Implications
23:40 – Bulgaria Charges Russian Spy Ring
25:30 – UK Convicts Bulgarian Operatives
26:30 – Outro

🎟️ Special Event
On May 27, join former CSIS Director Ward Elcock live in Ottawa at the Shenkman Centre as he reflects on leading Canada’s national security service through the Cold War and post-9/11 world.
🔗 Event info: https://shenkmanarts.ca/en/pillar-society-speakers-series

✅ Support the Show
If you value high-level, open-source intelligence and expert national security analysis:
🔗 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2336717/support
🔗 https://www.patreon.com/

Support the show

  continue reading

52 episodes

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