China is on the brink of ‘world domination’ and Europe needs to wake up to the danger, a former German spy chief has said. Gerhard Schindler said Beijing was ‘very cleverly’ spreading its influence across Europe, Asia and Africa – warning that its technology is now so advanced that Germany cannot tell if it is … Read more
With his new spy book, Agent Sonya, Ben Macintyre enters fresh territory. Agent Sonya was a woman and no one in counter-espionage could imagine that a woman could also be a master spy
Police using an unmarked HGV to spy on motorists catch driver using his dashboard ‘as a filing system’ and woman doing her makeup while travelling down the M25 Police using unmarked HGV cabs to spy on drivers on motorways and main roads They have caught 300 motorists breaking the law in variety of shocking ways Woman seen doing make … Read more
The Prince of Wales thanked secret service staff on both sides of the Atlantic for their work as he visited the top-secret US spy base RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire today. Prince Charles, 71, travelled to the communications and intelligence site near Harrogate, which for the last 60 years has been used by personnel from … Read more
Firms hire private investigators to spy on staff working from home to see if they’re lying when they claim they can’t come in due to coronavirus Employers are hiring private investigators to check on staff working from home Accountancy and law firms are among those carrying out the surveillance work They want to see if … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China’s New York consulate is a major spy hub after a New York City police officer was charged this week with spying for the Chinese government. Pompeo told the New York Post on Thursday that the Trump administration was keep tabs on Chinese diplomats in the United States and there could … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK AGENT SONYA by Ben Macintyre (Viking £25, 416 pp) Her scones were the envy of the Oxfordshire hamlet of Great Rollright, where the friendly woman known as Mrs Burton lived in a stone farmhouse. In her late 30s, she moved there with her three children and husband Len just after the … Read more
Winston Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’ Christine Granville gets a blue plaque at hotel where she was stabbed to death by a stalker Christine Granville was one of the most effective special agents to serve Britain The wartime spy is believed to have inspired Ian Fleming’s character Vesper Lynd Only 14% of over 950 English Heritage Blue Plaques … Read more
Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie reunite for a new spy thriller titled Five Eyes … after past work on classics such as Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 02:49 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 02:49 BST, 4 September 2020 Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are … Read more
Dread and paranoia had settled over Prague like smog. Dissent was brutally crushed by the Communist regime, suspected traitors executed on the flimsiest of pretexts. But when MI6 officer Robert Gardner, having flown in from London, passed through the revolving doors of the famous Alcron hotel on February 20, 1951 – just as Winston Churchill, Charlie … Read more