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NATO and the drones. This weekend, drones were flying spy missions over a Belgian Air Force base. Said the country's Defense Minister: "A helicopter and police vehicles chased the drone, but lost it after several kilometers.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/02/…

Drones spotted above Belgian airbase were ‘spying’ on military planes, defense minister says
Several drones spotted above a Belgian airbase over the weekend were there “to spy” on military fighter jets, the country’s defense minister said Sunday, at a time when European nations are on high alert for airspace intrusions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html
“You can check if there’s a backdoor.” What a knee slapper.
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage
Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

Pakistan-linked hackers target Indian government, universities in new spying campaign https://therecord.media/pakistan-linked-hacking-group-targets-indian-orgs

"Spying among friends is unacceptable." Angela Merkel.
The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) wiretapped then-US President Barack Obama for years.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-01/bnd-barack-obama-air-force-one-angela…

Spionage: BND hörte jahrelang US-Präsident Barack Obama ab
Der deutsche Geheimdienst überwachte regelmäßig Telefonate des damaligen US-Präsidenten an Bord der Air Force One. Erlaubnis von Angela Merkel hatte der BND nicht.

Ukrainian man spying for Belarus sentenced to 15 years in prison: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/ukrainian-man-spying-for-belarus.html

Ireland has been every bit as important in exporting US Big Tech around the world as the US has been.
But Ireland has another key export, one that is confined to the European Union.
Because every tax haven must be a crime haven,
and because Big Tech's favorite crime is illegal surveillance,
Ireland has exported American tech spying to the whole European Union.
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Is Germany's far-right populist AfD spying for Russia? – #DW
https://www.dw.com/en/is-germanys-far-right-populist-afd-spying-for-russia/a-74490346
There we go ....

Interesting: Alejandro Gil led the disastrous unification of the dual currency system, exposing those without access to hard currency to unaffordable prices.
Cuba charges former economy minister Gil of espionage, financial crimes | Corruption News | Al Jazeera
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Cuba charges former economy minister Gil of espionage, financial crimes
Authorities have not said which country or state actors may have benefitted from the alleged spying activities.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-20/former-google-chief-accused-of-spying-on-employees-through-account-backdoor
Holy sh*t
Ritter is accusing Schmidt of stealing business out from unde…

Former Google chief accused of spying on employees through account 'backdoor'
Former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a former girlfriend and business partner of using a Gmail "backdoor" to spy on her and company employees.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/13/muddle-over-semantics-or-pressure-from-china-collapsed-spying-case-remains-baffling
Muddle over semantics or pressure from China? Collapsed spying…