Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence. Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own. 🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomashttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mvabdsto4k2p"This is my call to arms after 25 years: government, business, academia, and the public must treat national security not as the specialist concern of a handful of agencies, but as a shared national endeavour". https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-mi5-chief-is-right-we-must-all-take-threats-to-our-security-more-seriously-b3047963.html11 Sep 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvabdsto4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv6ywkwyqk2g‘It was all hands on deck’: how the CIA responded to 9/11 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/cia-9-11-attacks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other10 Sep 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ywkwyqk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv6sp22by227👀10 Sep 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6sp22by227https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv6gzhnics2dTwo arrested in London on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service https://news.sky.com/story/two-arrested-in-london-on-suspicion-of-assisting-irans-intelligence-service-1358398810 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6gzhnics2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv63y2rbfc2c👀 New article in the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence looking at MI6/SIS and the 2004 Butler Report on intelligence and Iraqi WMD. ✍️ MI6 and the Butler Report: Fallout, Reform and Legacy. 50 free downloads ⏬️ https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KRW7PNZSYRDMPC8JTHQB/full?target=10.1080/08850607.2026.272685110 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv63y2rbfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv63tzyoyk2c📚 Out this month in paperback with @edinburghup.bsky.social A study of the UK intelligence community through the declassified reviews that shaped MI5, GCHQ, SIS/MI6, with introductory essays by myself and Dr Chris Murphy ⏬️ 🔗 https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-intelligence-security-and-the-state.html10 Sep 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv63tzyoyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv4ms6ragk2c"Joshua Cammidge, from Swindon, allegedly received instructions from an individual believed to be linked to the GRU Volunteer Corps, a group controlled by Russia's military intelligence agency". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v4l9vy8m6o09 Sep 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ms6ragk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv4mqljjq22cBBC News - Spanish intelligence warned of Ceuta mass crossing plans before surge https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced7vj2gv82o09 Sep 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4mqljjq22chttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mv2xnftbo227Chinese Threat Requires a Broader Spying Mission, C.I.A. Deputy Director Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/cia-deputy-director-china.html09 Sep 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2xnftbo227https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3muzc6qejsk24Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats amid espionage concerns https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-expels-10-russian-diplomats-amid-espionage-concerns/08 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzc6qejsk24https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3muytwddh4k27After the intelligence failure that led to Yom Kippur in 1973, the Israeli government had the Agranat Commission to establish "lessons learnt". Today's reporting shows Israel today isn't even at that point almost three years on from October 7th - and won't be for some time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3muytwddh4k27https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3muyswab3ic27"According to a security source, Bar told Netanyahu that the Shin Bet had identified that Hamas was "preparing something extreme," and also used the term "earthquake" during the conversation". https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-90792608 Sep 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyswab3ic27https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3muyh3b2pjs27Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/netanyahu-got-an-explicit-warning-before-oct-7-he-didnt-brief-security-chiefs/000001a0-7a3b-d7d5-a9fc-7eff3d0f000008 Sep 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyh3b2pjs27https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtxw2k7pps23The Warnings That Came Before a War Now Reaching the Six-Month Mark https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-warnings-9d7f289a26 Aug 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxw2k7pps23https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtweeclh722bMan detained over Berlin gun stash suspected of being part of Russian network, Spiegel says https://www.reuters.com/world/man-detained-over-berlin-gun-stash-suspected-being-part-russian-network-spiegel-2026-08-25/25 Aug 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtweeclh722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtwauobhds2wCIA Director John Ratcliffe has traveled to Russia for meetings, CBS reported, after Russia’s state-run Tass news service reported that a large US military transport plane had landed in Moscow on Tuesday https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-25/cia-chief-ratcliffe-in-russia-for-surprise-meetings-cbs-reports?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter25 Aug 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwauobhds2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mttwq26bys2n24 Aug 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttwq26bys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtqi4da2qc22Spy Novels: A Starter Pack https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/books/review/best-spy-novels.html?smid=tw-share23 Aug 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqi4da2qc22https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtqgzmspe222Said without irony.23 Aug 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqgzmspe222https://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mtcsskv4wk2c"Intercepted communications and other intelligence suggest a strategic shift by hard-line leaders to raise the costs for the U.S. and its regional allies". https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-plan-escalate-war-cc657664?mod=e2tw17 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcsskv4wk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3msyoe3xrks2k"... oversight and quality control of academics once they have been appointed is often almost nonexistent. “Dead weight” appointees get worked around, not challenged". #JustSayin https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/aug/12/jason-arday-and-the-lack-of-oversight-and-quality-control-of-academics13 Aug 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyoe3xrks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3msxmkgql6k2n [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxmkgql6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mstbqgoqjs2p"... under military leader". Lads, he's a Captain. He's not head of a South American junta. 🤦‍♂️11 Aug 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstbqgoqjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mssj35hyqk2u👀 Karl Krüger's image of the newly commissioned German light cruiser SMS Bremse, then in the Vulkan Werft shipyard at Stettin in July 1916. Details were circulated to the Admiralty by MI1c (SIS/MI6) by late July, including details on armament and layout. #WW1 #FWW [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssj35hyqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3msqmg7k5hc2pCivilian or Spy: The untold story of a Russian-born federal contractor killed by the FBI https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/us/fbi-shooting-russia-ukraine-spy-vis-invs10 Aug 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqmg7k5hc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mso3hleo2s2b"Oatley’s record remains a part of the folklore of the Service – and is taught to younger Whitehall officials as part of their lessons in conflict resolution". https://spectator.com/article/the-meaning-of-michael-oatley/09 Aug 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mso3hleo2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3mslyad764s2hU.S. intelligence links an explosive-laden drone found at a German airport to Russia, raising concerns about Moscow testing NATO’s resolve https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-intel-links-russia-to-explosive-drone-at-german-airport-8a69a82308 Aug 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslyad764s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3msfsizewps2tC.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/cia-cuba-task-force.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share06 Aug 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfsizewps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sandbaggerone.bsky.social/post/3msfsgvan6s2tCambridge is a small part of UKHE.06 Aug 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:3hsnwi2ihdocvk2a4edlqbom/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfsgvan6s2t