Intelligence

Lithuania Says Russia has Ability to Launch Baltic Attack in 24 Hours

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours’ notice

It Took ‘Hand to Hand’ Cyber Combat for NSA to Remove Russian Hackers From State Department Networks

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

Over a 24-hour period, top U.S. cyber defenders engaged in a pitched battle with Russian hackers who had breached the unclassified State Department computer system

Czech Foreign Ministry Hacked: Russia Suspected

By Reuters and the Guardian

From Robert Muller, Reuters: Hackers have breached dozens of email accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the U.S. Democratic Party

Danish Intelligence Report Warns NATO Members of New Russian Cyberattacks

By Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News

Russia has the willingness and capacity to launch serial cyberattacks against Denmark and any neighboring Nordic or Baltic state

Trump Renews His Criticism of NATO: ‘It’s Obsolete’ and ‘Very Unfair’ to the US

By Donald Trump, Michael Gove, and Kai Diekmann, Times (London)

Excerpt from Donald Trump interview with Michael Gove MP and Kai Diekmann, former chief editor of the German newspaper Bild.

The Power of Transparency in Advancing Geo-spatial Intelligence

On January 13, the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters hosted Mr. Robert Cardillo, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The discussion was moderated by Mr. John Walcott, Foreign Policy and National Security Editor for Thomson Reuters. 

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2016

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

2016 was full of major developments in European security. Moscow’s campaign against the Western democracies went beyond the DNC hack and interference in the US elections.

Head of Intelligence Warns of Russian Influence Operations Inside Sweden

By The Local (Sweden)

Must is the branch of the Swedish Armed Forces that is the main foreign intelligence agency in the country. Its head, Major General Gunnar Karlson, spoke openly about Russian attempts to influence Sweden during an interview with SVT’s Agenda show on Sunday evening….

Beware: The Russian Bear is Getting Bolder

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

In NATO member Hungary, Russian agents have been fingered for training with a neo-Nazi militia; in the tiny Balkan state of Monte­negro, which is on the verge of joining the transatlantic alliance, Moscow is accused of plotting a violent coup….