Spy

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MI5 refused to investigate 'Russian spy's' links to Tories, says ... (The Guardian)

Party member lodges a complaint about the security services ignoring attempt of Russian infiltration into the Conservatives.

Meanwhile Nalobin continued to cultivate close relationships with MPs and Conservative party activists for a further three years until the Foreign Office declined to renew his visa. He also took his concerns to senior members of the party after a discussion with Britain’s most famous Russian defector, Oleg Gordievsky, a former KGB colonel. That offer was also declined and he was advised to cease contact with Nalobin. When Nalobin learned that Cristo was a volunteer with the treasurers’ department of the Conservative campaign headquarters (CCHQ), he said he could “make introductions to Russian companies who would donate money to the Conservative party”. The committee’s Russia report claimed in 2020 that the security services had turned a blind eye to “credible evidence” of Russian interference and Cristo’s allegations offer potentially explosive new evidence that confirms its findings. The Russian government also funded an all-expenses-paid trip to Moscow for a handpicked group of members including the future CEO of Vote Leave, Matthew Elliott.

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'Why I know the spy in the bag victim WAS murdered - then viciously ... (Daily Mail)

Gareth Williams was found dead in a padlocked holdall in a bath in his flat in 2010; Theories about his death range from a sex game gone wrong to a Russian ...

A few months later, the police said a re-examination of the case was underway and detectives were waiting for results. Previously, finding DNA in a hair had been possible only when the root was present. Someone was feeding stories to the media. In addition, the investigation was leaky. He was known to be involved in a computer hacking investigation. The heating was turned up to hasten decomposition and destroy evidence of injury. It was so cramped it was hard to read the oxygen meter. Surely, if he had miraculously managed to climb into the bag and lock himself in, there would have been evidence of his struggle? I dread to think what the hotel staff thought when a group of men walked in with two empty red holdalls, camera equipment, padlocks and monitors. It was unbearable in the bag: hot and claustrophobic. Within a week of his body being discovered, I was back in the UK and walking up the stairs to Gareth's flat, where I met Metropolitan Police Homicide and Serious Crime Investigations detective Jacqueline Sebire, who oversaw the case. In the past, the crime scenes I had attended were full of activity, with forensics officers, CSI experts, archaeologists and police investigators.

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MI6 shuts down a spy school after floor plans to the site were ... (Daily Mail)

The discreet central London training centre had been used for many years to teach agents spycraft and self-defence.

One request from 2017 refers to the building as ‘Government offices’. The white stucco-fronted building with Roman pillars is located in a well-heeled area of Westminster, sandwiched between multi-million-pound apartments. [MI6](/news/mi6/index.html) has closed down a top-secret training facility after its location and floor plans were made public in a bureaucratic blunder.

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Netflix's Mission Manju: How the New Indian Film Rivals Hollywood ... (MovieWeb)

Combining emotional moments with action packed scenes, Mission Manju on Netflix is a great movie you should not miss out on.

[falls in love at first sight](https://movieweb.com/movies-where-best-friends-fall-in-love/) with Nasreen, the blind daughter of a shopkeeper who decides to employ Amandeep early on in the film. Both stationed in Mumbai, India, these corporations have brought forth countless other features to Netflix, the region-specific version of Disney+, and the Indian streaming platform Sony Liv. Sidharth Malhotrahas not only naturally shows a bold temperament and a poised mannerism which are both needed for a person who holds such a profession like Amandeep Singh, but also exerts a charismatic, caring side that comes out for Nasreen, his fellow allies, and family members. While this mission could very well be a one-and-done type of scenario for any other agent who is coldly dedicated to the assignment that they are given, being a long-standing citizen with everyday needs has become a part of Amandeep. Amandeep Singh, who once covertly stood idle in Pakistan, is chosen to go on the most crucial mission of his career. James Bond just might not have all the time in the world anymore.

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Blacktail: How to Beat Spy (Boss Fight) (Screen Rant)

There are several Mushroom Boss fights available in Blacktail, and Yaga can choose to fight and defeat Spy if she encounters him at the right time.

If Yaga has made mostly moral choices so far, she will be directed to the Knight as well as to the Spy in her quest to find the dragon hoarding the honey. At that point, the boss fight will be over, and Yaga can collect any loot left behind. Spy will tell Yaga how to find PeeWee the Dragon, and he will inform her that not all is as it appears. The game will mainly stay set in the forest, but Yaga will experience memories and have glimpses of the village she came from. Yaga is searching for her sister, but on the way, she must defeat many enemies, and through her choices, she must decide whether to be a benevolent guardian or an evil overlord of the forest. In the game, Yaga will come across many Mushrooms, and two of them, Slippery Jack and Borvy Borko, will often give Yaga quests as she explores the forest through each season.

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MI6 shuts down top-secret spy school after location accidentally ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The MI6 training centre based in central London had been used to teach agents spycraft and self-defence for many years but key documents linked to the site ...

The Intelligence and Security Committee, which oversees MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, lashed out at agency bosses for delays in responding to requests. Another request, from 2017, referred to the spy centre as 'Government offices'. The training centre based in central London had been used to teach agents spycraft and self-defence for many years, but the location, floor plans and planning documents of the facilities were published by the local council.

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Write like Bond with 10% off a spy pen that records HD video (Macworld)

But we can engage in a little spycraft with the iSpyPen PRO, a pen that can record crystal-clear audio and video footage.

The internal memory can hold 128GB worth of video or audio recorded by a separate mic. The tiny pinpoint camera is embedded discreetly on the top of the 6-inch long pen, but it can deliver amazing HD footage in 1920 x 1080 resolution. But we can engage in a little spycraft with the [iSpyPen PRO for your own spy arsenal for $114.99](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://shop.macworld.com/sales/ispypen-pro-2021-model-128gb-24hours-storage-black?utm_source=macworld.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ispypen-pro-2021-model-128gb-24hours-storage-black&utm_term=scsf-563033&utm_content=a0x1P00000584nXQAQ&scsonar=1&xcust=1-1-1480436-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/article/1480436/write-like-bond-with-10-off-a-spy-pen-that-records-hd-video.html) — 10% off the original MSRP. With every new generation, the gadgets that James Bond used on Her Majesty’s Secret Service are becoming ever more quaint. [iSpyPen PRO](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://shop.macworld.com/sales/ispypen-pro-2021-model-128gb-24hours-storage-black?utm_source=macworld.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ispypen-pro-2021-model-128gb-24hours-storage-black&utm_term=scsf-563033&utm_content=a0x1P00000584nXQAQ&scsonar=1&xcust=1-1-1480436-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/article/1480436/write-like-bond-with-10-off-a-spy-pen-that-records-hd-video.html), a pen that can record crystal-clear audio and video footage.

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Book Talk: 'The Book Spy' is covert tale of Europe during World War II (Akron Beacon Journal)

“You're not spies,” Marie Alves' new boss tells his trainees in the Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications, the cumbersome ...

Music Box Supper Club (1148 Main Ave., Cleveland): Terry Pluto joins the Cleveland Stories Dinner Parties series, talking about “Vintage Cavs: A Warm Look Back at the Cavaliers of the Cleveland Arena and Richfield Coliseum Years” and his many other sports books, 7 p.m. “The Book Spy” (376 pages, softcover) costs $16.95 from Kensington. Dinner is $25; the lecture is free. But she is going to be a spy, and Akron author Alan Hlad’s fourth historical novel “The Book Spy” is her story. Pacini) of “Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity,” talks about the 33 separate gardens devoted to a culture or nation, 7 p.m. Maria, the daughter of photojournalists, lives in New Jersey and commutes to her job at the New York Public Library, where she works transferring newspapers to microfilm. When Maria and Tiago meet, each inspires the other to more daring missions. Lakewood Public Library (15425 Detroit Ave.): Case Western Reserve University history professor John J. In May 1942, Maria’s co-worker tells her that he’s been accepted into the new program and will be stationed in Europe to obtain and microfilm foreign publications. He tries to persuade his grandparents to leave their vineyard in France, where they hide escaping Jews in the barrel-aging caves. Again: “You are librarians, not spies.” Despite the title, her job has little to do with books.

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As TikTok faces data-harvesting claims, spy agency warns ... (CBC.ca)

The man who oversees cybersecurity for the federal government says Canadians should be wary of apps that could leave their data in the "wrong hands" — a ...

A growing number of universities in the U.S. The European Union's data watchdog is investigating what it has called "transfers by TikTok of personal data to China". "You layer on top of that the risk of connecting my 200 [contacts] with your 200 and then you have an aggregate ... In some cases, it lands in places that don't live by the same principles of rule of law [and] respect for human rights." But other platforms are too close to that line," Khoury said. Why does it need to access my calendar, my email, my phone records, my [texts]?"

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MI6 forced to close top-secret spy school after London location is ... (LondonWorld)

MI6 has vacated a spy base after a London council mistakenly publishes secret planning documents.

A local authority in central [London](https://www.londonworld.com/topic/london) revealed expensive changes to the building, including satellite dishes, advanced security gates and a nexus of CCTV cameras. The newspaper understands The Secret Intelligence Service moved locations after planning documents were made available to the public.

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Your TV is spying on you, but you can stop it (Fox News)

To stop your smart TV from spying on you, disable ACR technology, block built-in cameras and turn off built-in microphones.

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MI6 forced to close top-secret spy school after London location is ... (Lancashire Post)

MI6 has vacated a spy base after a London council mistakenly publishes secret planning documents.

A local authority in central [London](https://www.londonworld.com/topic/london) revealed expensive changes to the building, including satellite dishes, advanced security gates and a nexus of CCTV cameras. The newspaper understands The Secret Intelligence Service moved locations after planning documents were made available to the public.

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