Dr. Dan Lomas
@sandbaggerone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence. Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own. 🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
European spies admit: Nobody does it better than MI6 www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
European spies admit: Nobody does it better than MI6
The British intelligence agency ranks the highest for its expertise in recruiting high-level moles and penetrating the ruling elites in Russia, China and Iran
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Young guns for hire - the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics.
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"The purported triumphs that were put forward by the SDS were “embellished and exaggerated”, almost “akin to fairytales”, Boutcher said". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Undercover police unit closed down over unjustified surveillance, spycops inquiry told
Senior officer behind closure says SDS caused ‘incalculable harm’ by infiltrating groups that posed no threat
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Hasn't used a phone, computer for over 150 days: The Mossad and CIA's complex hunt for Mojtaba Khamenei www.ynetnews.com/article/bywv...
Hasn't used a phone, computer for over 150 days: The Mossad and CIA's complex hunt for Mojtaba Khamenei
Israeli and U.S. intelligence are relying on spies and leakers inside of Iran to determine whether the Islamic Republic’s new Supreme Leader survived the strike that killed his father, and where he ma...
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A strong sense of déjà vu about all this. Rinse, repeat… I wonder how the markets will respond tomorrow.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4d agoBREAKING: Trump pauses attacks on Iran, citing “perimeters of a deal” that would end Tehran’s “nuclear threat” and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Really troubling story, especially at a time when loads of highly talented scholars are losing their jobs. But UK academia has many more grifters, and this is sadly one (if a notable) case. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor
Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism
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DGSE, MI6... Classer les espions européens n'allait pas de soi. L'Express détaille les secrets de fabrication de sa démarche et révèle les votes de son jury de soixante professionnels du renseignement.
Qui sont les meilleurs espions d'Europe ? Les coulisses de notre classement
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Le MI6 occupe la première place du classement des meilleurs services secrets européens. Notamment grâce à son expertise sur la Russie. ➡️ https://l.lexpress.fr/wZ0
Researching about "Cheese cleaning machines" isn't the niche topic I went into studying British espionage for ...
Wallace and Gromit: CHEESE!
ALT: Wallace and Gromit: CHEESE!
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A former French fighter pilot was charged with allegedly collecting and providing classified information to a foreign power, AFP reported www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ex-French Fighter Pilot Charged in Foreign Spying Case
A former French fighter pilot was charged over suspicions he collected and provided classified information to a foreign power, according to Paris prosecutors.
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BBC News - British man accused of spying on Cyprus RAF base for Iran www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
British man accused of spying on RAF base in Cyprus for Iran
Rashad Sultanov, a UK-Azerbaijan national, was arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying on RAF Akrotiri.
bbc.co.uk
👀 Nice speaking to @alex_svn and @LEXPRESS France about SIS/MI6 and intelligence partners as part of a wider study of European intelligence agencies. 🔗 Link to the full article below ⏬️ www.lexpress.fr/secret-defen...
MI6, DGSE, Ukraine... L'Express dévoile le classement inédit des meilleurs espions d'Europe
Qui est moqué comme un "rassemblement de chercheurs" ? Qui signe une "remontada" avec son service Action ? L'Express publie le premier palmarès des agences d'espionnage en Europe, grâce à un jury de s...
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"What an absolutely disgusting move. Shame on everyone behind this decision". Erm, maybe your branch would have more support if it stopped naff takes like this and focused on HE. There are likely lots of UCU members who do defence related research. Do they not count? #JustSayin
University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 3w agoAt what point do we stop being a university and start being a slush fund for anyone trying to decimate the world as we know it? What an absolutely disgusting move. Shame on everyone behind this decision.
The hunt for Khamenei: how CIA and Mossad are trying to trace Mojtaba www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
Verifying Device
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A significant research contribution on Soviet intelligence illegals in the U.S. & Canada by my colleague Kevin Riehle. This table offers the most comprehensive list compiled so far & includes both #KGB and #GRU spies. ⬇️ The article link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Erm, shouldn't university research also benefit UK national security? I'm actually proud that the University of Nottingham is part of the Defence Universities Alliance alongside other unis. And you'd think that research investment and careers for our students would be something to champion.
University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 3w agoSo the financial plan for the university is to gut the humanities for parts and sell ourselves to the war machine? www.gov.uk/government/n...
At the risk of making myself unpopular, I'm not sure this kind of reaction is fair or appropriate. The news is the UoN is one of 35 UK universities selected to join 'Defence Universities Alliance'. This is because of research excellence at UoN, which is the work of actual (or potential) UCU members.
University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 3w agoSo the financial plan for the university is to gut the humanities for parts and sell ourselves to the war machine? www.gov.uk/government/n...
“Intelligence is useful only if it tells policymakers what they need to know, not what they want to hear. That distinction—between informing power and flattering it—is the oldest problem in the craft…” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence
A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.
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"Ya dad makes up conspiracies about Number 10 North ..."
A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan
The military intelligence officer left the country after The Times reported that he was using the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo to conduct espionage.
nytimes.com
BBC News - Two Russians handed down jail terms for terrorism and spying in Angola www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russians in Angola handed down jail terms for spying and terrorism
The two, a political consultant and a translator, denied allegations of fomenting protests last year.
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"We have slain a large dragon, but we live now in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes. And in many ways, the dragon was easier to keep track of". -- James Woolsey
Dr. Dan Lomas@sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 2w agoR. James Woolsey, CIA director during the Clinton administration, dies at 84 www.independent.co.uk/news/cia-was...
R. James Woolsey, CIA director during the Clinton administration, dies at 84 www.independent.co.uk/news/cia-was...
R. James Woolsey, CIA director during the Clinton administration, dies at 84
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"The Committee also notes that there was no strategic coordination of the Government’s approach to the case". ISC on the collapse of the China spy case 👀 isc.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
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Investigatory Powers Commissioner publishes report into Agent X Investigation ipco-wpmedia-prod-s3.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Agent-X-Repo...
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"The report, by the deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring, heavily criticises a series of senior MI5 figures and their organisation". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MI5 court evidence based on lies, official report says
Senior MI5 figures were criticised in the report by deputy investigatory powers commissioner Sir John Goldring.
bbc.co.uk
How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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‘Unique source’ blinded Dutch intelligence agencies to Putin’s invasion www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
‘Unique source’ blinded Dutch intelligence agencies to Putin’s invasion: ‘What a fuck-up’
Despite persistent warnings from American and British officials, the Dutch intelligence agencies refused to believe Putin would invade Ukraine in 2022. An investigation by de Volkskrant reveals how th...
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So they knew the NCA story would drop, then claimed the NCA leaked to journalists as deflection. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns
Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection
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Dr. Dan Lomas@sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 4w agoA serious claim to make. Almost Zinoviev-level moon howling of "establishment" leaks and the National Crime Agency leaking material. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
