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They can just get new passports no?Tweet
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Any country they've visited will have their biometrics on entry and the old passport number. Considering most EU and US agencies share immigration information, they're probably labeled everywhere now.They can just get new passports no?
Interesting, thanks!Any country they've visited will have their biometrics on entry and the old passport number. Considering most EU and US agencies share immigration information, they're probably labeled everywhere now.
Probably safer to never start a car again.Whoever is running the GRU passport department may want to avoid starting their car in the near term.
I think there are far worse intelligence blunders than this. But it is amusing, nonetheless.Tweet
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I think they mean in terms of procedural blunders, not cases where the intelligence was just completely wrong.I think there are far worse intelligence blunders than this. But it is amusing, nonetheless.
Yeah, I did not mean that either.I think they mean in terms of procedural blunders, not cases where the intelligence was just completely wrong.
Seems that the two Russian spies who were caught trying to break into the lab in Switzerland were employees in the Russian embassy in the Netherlands. They were deported (? diplomatic immunity) and presumably are now receiving a spying refresher course.Two Russians, against whom Swiss law enforcement officers have opened a criminal case, already worked in Holland. They were exposed during a joint operation by the British, Dutch, and Swiss special services in The Hague in March this year, shortly after the chemical attack in Salisbury. Counterintelligence agents do not cover the details of the operation; they do not disclose the identity of the Russian spies. Swiss and Dutch press informed that they worked in the Russian embassy in Holland, they were suspected of having links with the GRU, they have been seized with equipment by which they could penetrate the computer network of the chemical laboratory. Presumably, they were caught hot on their way to Spiez. For some reason, the Dutch authorities did not attract Russians to justice. In late March, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the government's decision to expel the two Russian intelligence officers who worked in the Russian embassy in response to a chemical attack in Salisbury.
https://112.international/article/country-of-spies-the-swiss-twist-in-the-skripal-case-32500.html
Stakes are lower I guess.It's interesting how sloppy Russian spies have become since the Cold War.
Surveillance, the ease of sharing intelligence and computer system hacking makes it a lot easier to find out what these folks are up to as well.Stakes are lower I guess.
I think it’s a combination of:It's interesting how sloppy Russian spies have become since the Cold War.
Ultimately Putin understands that the only way he will survive will be to disrupt democracy elsewhere so that it never reaches his front door. If it does, he knows he will likely be overthrown and killed Qaddafi style.I think it’s a combination of:
1. Sheer volume. They’re throwing as much shit at a wall as they can and seeing what sticks. Because...
2. The consequences are laughable.
You’re too kind...they’re just low grade unprofessional operatives. Poorly trained and over confident.I think it’s a combination of:
1. Sheer volume. They’re throwing as much shit at a wall as they can and seeing what sticks. Because...
2. The consequences are laughable.
Is that not exactly what I alluded to?You’re too kind...they’re just low grade unprofessional operatives. Poorly trained and over confident.
Didn’t think so but if you did...great!Is that not exactly what I alluded to?
No, that won't happen . He is not terrorizing the common folk like Qaddafi did.Ultimately Putin understands that the only way he will survive will be to disrupt democracy elsewhere so that it never reaches his front door. If it does, he knows he will likely be overthrown and killed Qaddafi style.
That doesn't matter. He has similar dictatorial qualities and will eventually go down in similar ways.No, that won't happen . He is not terrorizing the common folk like Qaddafi did.
Aye, to be clear I meant that the quality, caution and discretion that they once insisted on is long gone. They’re happy to use dispensable lower grader operatives now and in higher volume who are encouraged to take more risks because the rewards are high and the consequences are low.Didn’t think so but if you did...great!
For that to happen , the economic conditions there need to deteriorate very rapidly. And that is just a necessary but not sufficient condition.That doesn't matter. He has similar dictatorial qualities and will eventually go down in similar ways.
Ah thanks, I see...well it’s late and I’ve just watched United mess up another match so my mind’s not at it’s best.Aye, to be clear I meant that the quality, caution and discretion that they once insisted on is long gone. They’re happy to use dispensable lower grader operatives now and in higher volume who are encouraged to take more risks because the rewards are high and the consequences are low.
I think it's important to note that he spent about 10 seconds as a free man before getting back again. Trumps even the infamous Gerrard cameo.Navalny let out of jail and arrested again.
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It's very true. Just like the Russian amateurism displayed when the Dutch intelligence services hacked 'Cozy Bear' a couple of years ago.I guess this is a consequence of what happens when you have the mob run a country; lack of discipline and professionalism
The more unprofessional they are, the more damage they can do.It's very true. Just like the Russian amateurism displayed when the Dutch intelligence services hacked 'Cozy Bear' a couple of years ago.
More concerning is the amount of damage they can do despite being properly organized and lacking professionalism though. This sums it up:
"The Americans were taken completely by surprise by the Russian aggression, says Chris Painter in Washington. For years, Painter was responsible for America's cyber policy. He resigned last August. 'We'd never expected that the Russians would do this, attacking our vital infrastructure and undermining our democracy.'"
https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenscha...ssia-s-interference-in-us-elections~b4f8111b/
I mean, seriously?
Who did?
Putin. KompromatWho did?