Dr. Dan Lomas

MI6’s new chief aims to restore British influence in Middle East Blaise Metreweli, 48, is the youngest ever boss of the Secret Intelligence Service

Dr Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social recently contributed to this @thetimes.com piece on the priorities of the new MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli

Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4puhmcud

Find out more about Dan and his research on intelligence services 🔗 nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas

What the British ‘spies’ were really doing in China

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Putin's Polycrisis Despite mounting economic and demographic pressures, Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue to feed the war machine so long as he gains ground in Ukraine. To change his calculus, Western leaders must strengthen sanctions against the Kremlin, pro...

Could a concerted strategy of strengthened sanctions, advanced weapons for Ukraine, and incentivising Russian brain drain change Putin's calculus and stop the war machine in Ukraine? Read the latest RUSI Newsbrief by Sergei Guriev to learn more.

Yes, it's that man again ...

If only there wasn't an event over 20 years ago that damaged his credibility 😉

Threat assessment of China led to spy case collapse, says CPS The dropping of charges against two men last month prompted criticism from some ministers and MPs.

BBC News - Threat assessment of China led to spy case collapse, says CPS
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Nottingham attacks victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar awarded George Medal The medical student

BBC News - Nottingham attacks victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar awarded George Medal - BBC News
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New issue of the Euro-Atlantic Bulletin: "Lessons from History about Russian Sabotage" - Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia Historical information about Soviet sabotage planning is instructive in analyzing Russian sabotage operations today. The Soviet KGB was responsible during the Cold War for preparing target packages on...

Lessons from History about Russian Sabotage

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Belgian security service officer indicted for spying Indictment comes amid mounting pressure on Belgium’s security agencies.

"The charges relate to spying for China, one of the people said, adding that the man, whose precise role within Belgium’s national security apparatus has not been disclosed, was recruited for his access to Brussels’ international diplomatic circles".

www.politico.eu/article/belg...

MI6’s new chief aims to restore British influence in Middle East Blaise Metreweli, 48, is the youngest ever boss of the Secret Intelligence Service

Blaise Metreweli, 48, is the youngest ever boss of the Secret Intelligence Service

MI6’s new chief aims to restore British influence in Middle East Blaise Metreweli, 48, is the youngest ever boss of the Secret Intelligence Service

MI6’s new chief aims to restore British influence in Middle East

www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

China’s fifth-ranking official was suspect in dropped Westminster spy case Person who was thought to have received intelligence is understood to be Cai Qi, de facto chief of staff to Xi Jinping

"British prosecutors suspected that China’s fifth most senior official was in receipt of intelligence from Westminster in a controversial and now-abandoned espionage case".

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Terry Farrell, architect who designed MI6 building, dies aged 87 He also designed the headquarters for ITV's 80s breakfast show TV-am, with giant eggcups on the roof.

BBC News - Terry Farrell, architect who designed MI6 building, dies
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Just 2 weeks before Oct. 7, Mossad reportedly said Hamas ‘not interested’ in armed conflict * * *

Just 2 weeks before Oct. 7, Mossad reportedly said Hamas ‘not interested’ in armed conflict

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Hundreds of Israelis receive recruitment calls from Iranian intelligence, Israel Police says | CNN Hundreds of Israeli citizens have received calls from Iran’s intelligence service in attempts to recruit them, the country’s police force said Saturday.

Oh, but the experts said HUMINT was difficult in today's technology rich environment ... 😉

Hundreds of Israelis receive recruitment calls from Iranian intelligence, Israel Police says | CNN share.google/GoLdVJ0e72qG...

Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Mark Urban: How the secret state tried to ban my book on the Troubles Declassified files show that my exposé of SAS tactics against the IRA frayed nerves in Whitehall. But it was an ally’s betrayal that really surprised me

Mark Urban: How the secret state tried to ban my book on the Troubles
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Netherlands Detains 2 Teens on Suspicion of Spying for Pro-Russia Hackers - The Moscow Times Two 17-year-old boys were arrested in the Netherlands this week on suspicion of espionage for a foreign power, Dutch authorities said Friday, in a case media linked to pro-Russian hackers.

Netherlands Detains 2 Teens on Suspicion of Spying for Pro-Russia Hackers www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

Sir Mark Heathcote Bt obituary: MI6 officer with role in Falklands war Intelligence officer with an appetite for adventure and life’s wilder shores who was head of the SIS station in Buenos Aires in the early 1980s dies aged 84

Sir Mark Heathcote Bt obituary: MI6 officer with role in Falklands war

www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

✍️ "With this amount, which only equals that spent every year on the maintenance (not the cost) of one of H.M. Destroyers ... it is indeed remarkable that such results have been achieved at all".

SIS's Chief, "Quex" Sinclair, highlighting the lack of money to support SIS in October 1935.

"The project was recognised as being to a certain extent counter-cultural for the organisation and it took a long time before comments such as ‘we shouldn’t be doing this’ subsided".

I bore everyone. I think that's my niche 🤣

I've had an article published in Diplomacy & Statecraft: 'Behind the Enigma: How GCHQ's Authorised History Appeared'.

The first 50 people to click on the link get a copy for free!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BCZTB...

‘Utterly Unrestricted Access’: Some Personal Thoughts on the Writing of the Authorised History of the Secret Intelligence Service Published in Diplomacy & Statecraft (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2025)

Fascinating insights into the writing of SIS's authorised history by two people who worked with Keith Jeffery ⏬️

‘Utterly Unrestricted Access’: Some Personal Thoughts on the Writing of the Authorised History of the Secret Intelligence Service

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt European election - BBC investigation An undercover reporter discovers a network is offering to pay for social media posts undermining Moldova’s ruling party.

BBC News - How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation
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The aide, the associate, the ‘Chinese agent’ – and the collapse of a long-awaited UK spy trial Case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry was suddenly dropped, leaving questions for CPS

"An individual judged to be “a Chinese intelligence agent” was said to have commissioned at least 34 reports from Berry on subjects of political interest, some of the ideas for which were touted by Berry".

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Spy for us and redeem your honour, MI6 chief urges Russians Sir Richard Moore said the Kremlin leader’s refusal to negotiate peace in Ukraine could be his downfall if the West held its nerve

Spy for us and redeem your honour, MI6 chief urges Russians

www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Speech by Sir Richard Moore, Chief of SIS, 19 September 2025 Sir Richard Moore, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, spoke about the launch of a new dark web portal to recruit spies for the UK.

Speech by Sir Richard Moore, Chief of SIS, 19 September 2025

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New dark web portal launched to recruit spies to support UK security Outgoing Chief of MI6, Sir Richard Moore, announces new platform - Silent Courier - will make it easier for MI6 to recruit agents online

New dark web portal launched to recruit spies to support UK security www.gov.uk/government/n...

MI6 launches new drive to recruit spies - including Russians The secure messaging platform Silent Courier aims to boost national security by making it easier for the MI6 to recruit potential agents, the Foreign Office said.

"Silent Courier is accessible from Friday and enables a secure avenue to submit sensitive information to the UK relating to terrorism or hostile intelligence activity".

news.sky.com/story/mi6-la...

BBC News - MI6 launches dark web portal to attract spies in Russia
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