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New York KGB residency
According to former CIA officer Harry Rositzke, the KGB preferred New York to Washington DC as a venue for meeting agents because ‘the Big Apple is ideal for secret meetings -- of lovers, crooks or spies.'
Estimating the estimators
The uncertain future of the National Intelligence Council
Ami Ayalon
Shin Bet director 1996-2000
Cecil Shipp
Deputy Director-General of MI5 1982-c.1986
Straws in the wind of intelligence rearmament
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Michael Oatley
MI6 Middle East and counter-terrorism controller 1984-88, Europe controller 1988-91
CIA Intelligence Community Staff
National Intelligence Programs Evaluation Staff 1963-72, Intelligence Community Staff 1972-1992, Community Management Staff 1992-2004
Book review: Scientists or Spies? by Roberta Marx Delson
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Netanyahu's hollow victory
Israeli intelligence leadership since October 7