Top NATO Scientist With Security Clearance Busted Spying for China

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/19/2021 - 3:07pm |

EXCLUSIVE: Estonian counterintelligence just caught another spy working within NATO. Only this one wasn’t recruited by Russia; Tarmo Kõuts was recruited by China. With @holger_r: https://t.co/i60WZkIpOi
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) March 19, 2021

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-nato-scientist-with-security-clearance-busted-spying-for-china

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"According to Aleksander Toots, the deputy director of KAPO and Tallinn’s top counterintelligence official, Kõuts was recruited in 2018 by...Beijing’s military intelligence...along with an alleged accomplice who is yet to be tried in court."
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) March 19, 2021

"The intelligence operatives handling him were operating under cover of a think tank. Inna Ombler, the prosecutor handling the case confirmed that Kõuts earned €17,000 -- a little over $20,000 -- for his espionage, which the Estonian government has since seized from him."
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) March 19, 2021

"[Kõuts] became a member of the Scientific Committee of the NATO Undersea Research Center based in La Spezia, Italy and even served, from 2018 to 2020, as the vice president of that organization, which is now known as the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)."
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) March 19, 2021

https://t.co/zRi2rkykWx
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) March 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/19/2021 - 3:12pm

another spy story, this time involving Syria, UK academics (and Russia supposedly). ALL THOSE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SYRIA INFO. WARS SHOULD READ THIS!

Fascinating on how a supposedly respected British professor was willing to expose personal details of journalists & academics to an apparent Russian agent (and to accept money) in his pursuit of Syria conspiracy theories. It was a sting. https://t.co/uzvhF8QtOd
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) March 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/26/2021 - 6:37pm

Syria Truthers - well, US must be behind this.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/26/2021 - 7:34pm

More Spy vs Spy

Oh my. She gave up at least ten clandestine human sources. https://t.co/IQ80Mz6r7d
— Alex Finley (@alexzfinley) March 26, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 03/27/2021 - 1:46am

curious and curiouser: what's the goal of this wack "Left Bitches" podcast stuff from Russia?

Hilarious & bizarre that the Russian government is now apparently funding hipster millenials to do edgy-leftist podcasting? pic.twitter.com/0oPFgYtu8D
— David Klemperer (@dmk1793) March 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/27/2021 - 8:06pm

Kind woke Russians, of course

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 03/27/2021 - 9:03pm

Top NATO Scientist With Security Clearance Busted Spying for China

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