Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A New Russian Spy Scandal (And It Is A Big One)

Frederico Carvalhão Gil was arrested this weekend in Rome. (Photo: Facebook/Frederico.CarvalhaoGil)

John R. Schindler, Observer: NATO’s Big New Russian Spy Scandal

A Russian mole has been uncovered inside NATO intelligence. What does this mean for Western security?

Last weekend, in the latest development in the secret espionage struggle between Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin and the West, a major Russian spy was arrested in Italy. On Saturday, Frederico Carvalhão Gil, a senior intelligence official from Portugal, was picked up by Italian police along with his Russian intelligence handler, whom he was meeting clandestinely in Rome.

Although Portugal is hardly a big player in the global spy game, it has been a member of the Atlantic Alliance since its founding in 1949, and Lisbon’s intelligence services are full members of the West’s secret spy network. Finding a mole like Mr. Carvalhão in any NATO security service is a serious matter for the whole alliance.

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Update #1: Portuguese spy caught passing 'Nato secrets' to Russian handler in Rome (The Telegraph)
Update #2: Russian Citizen Detained on Spy Charges in Italy (The Moscow Times)

WNU Editor: Frederico Carvalhão Gil is a career intelligence officer who rose to be a division chief in Portugal's domestic spy agency. He was picked up by Italian police along with his Russian intelligence handler who were meeting clandestinely in Rome. So yes .... this is a big hit. Not surprising, the Russians are remaining silent .... Russian Embassy Has No Comments on Detention of Russian Spy in Rome (Sputnik).

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Sucker

Unknown said...

Sucker

James said...

The question has to be is this a message for Putin, or bargaining, or true enforcement?

James said...

This also could very easily be Russia getting western counter intelligence to chase it's own tale, to protect a much bigger fish.