The recent China spy scandal in the U.K. highlights a chaotic, disorienting political and intelligence environment, resembling something more likely found in spy fiction rather than real-world espionage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/world/uks-china-spy-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #china #slowhorses #johnlecarre #espionage #m15

NYT reported Tues that #Trump “is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.” Those are #DOJ probes into connections between Trump’s 2016 campaign & #Russia’s intelligence activities intended to help him win that election, & Trump’s alleged violation of the #Espionage Act, & other laws, by evading DOJ efforts to recover highly #ClassifiedDocuments that Trump lifted from the White House….

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/trump-justice-doj-settlement-230-million/

NYT reported Tues that #Trump “is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.” Those are #DOJ probes into connections between Trump’s 2016 campaign & #Russia’s intelligence activities intended to help him win that election, & Trump’s alleged violation of the #Espionage Act, & other laws, by evading DOJ efforts to recover highly #ClassifiedDocuments that Trump lifted from the White House….

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/trump-justice-doj-settlement-230-million/

China said it’s uncovered "irrefutable evidence” of U.S. government cyber attacks on the country’s main agency responsible for timekeeping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/asia-pacific/politics/china-evidence-us-cyber-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #china #hacking #espionage

Britain's MI5 spy chief expressed frustration over a China spying case collapsing, which led to intense scrutiny of whether the government was to blame, saying Chinese operatives posed a daily national security threat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/world/politics/mi5-china-spying-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukchina #espionage #surveillance

A former White House National Security Council staffer and current State Department adviser has been arrested and charged with illegally keeping more than 1,000 pages of classified documents at his home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/world/politics/white-house-india-espionage-act/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #india #espionage #china

MI5 has issued a warning to British politicians and their staff that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran in efforts geared toward undermining democracy in the United Kingdom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/world/politics/mi5-uk-china-russia-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #mi5 #espionage #china #russia

Senior members of the British government are urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reassess his policy toward China and take a tougher stance on the risks it poses to U.K. national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/world/politics/starmer-china-policy-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #ukchina #espionage #labour

Chinese police offered rewards of $1,400 for information about 18 people it said were Taiwanese military psychological operations officers spreading "separatist" messages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-psyops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #espionage #pla

Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejected accusations that Britain tried to appease China by dropping a prosecution against two men accused of spying for Beijing, saying the decision was based on legal constraints. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/starmer-china-spying-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #ukchina #espionage

China is providing intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official was quoted as saying Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/asia-pacific/china-intelligence-russia-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #china #espionage

Nippon Ishin no Kai plans to submit an anti-espionage bill, including a call for establishing a foreign intelligence agency based on existing government bodies, to an upcoming extraordinary session of the Diet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-anti-espionage-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #diet #espionage

Suspected Chinese hackers are behind an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against U.S. technology companies and legal firms, stealing national security secrets often undetected, according to Google. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/asia-pacific/chinese-hacking-tech-law-firms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #hacking #cybersecurity #espionage #google

Chinese spy and disinformation activities in the Philippines continue at a high pace, one of Manila’s top security officials has warned, prompting a push to update the nation's decades-old anti-espionage laws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/philippines-espionage-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #china #espionage #southchinasea

The head of the Pentagon's intelligence was removed, in what appeared to be the latest attempt to penalize current and former military, intelligence and law enforcement officials seen to be at odds with Trump's views. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/world/politics/pengaton-purge-defense-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #defense #petehegseth #espionage #donaldtrump #usmilitary

A military court found a New Zealand soldier guilty of attempted espionage for a foreign power on Monday — the first spying conviction in the country's history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/new-zealand-soldier-espionage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #newzealand #espionage

Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast

A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for espionage in China, did not appeal the ruling by a Monday deadline, embassy officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/astellas-no-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #espionage #chinajapanrelations #astellaspharma #china

Iran has embarked on a massive deportation drive of the country’s 3 million-plus population of Afghan refugees, some of whom authorities say aided Israel’s airstrikes on the country last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/politics/iran-afghans-israel-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #afghanistan #israel #espionage #middleeast #taliban

Brussels wasn’t supposed to be the capital of Europe.
Here’s how the unplanned capital of Europe happened:
🔗 https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/07/20/how-brussels-accidentally-became-the-capital-of-europe/
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