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09.06.2026 - 21:14 [ AboutIntel.eu ]

The Club de Berne: a black box of growing intelligence cooperation

(April 1, 2020)

“To date, neither the public, nor Parliament, nor other departments have been informed of the existence, let alone the extent, of the practices of this secret service exchange”, Guttmann notes. Her research work in the Swiss Federal Archives however, does not go beyond the 1980s, as more recent files are subject to the usual 30- to 50-year retention period for documents held by federal authorities. Since then, the CdB has largely been a black box.

09.06.2026 - 20:13 [ Aviva Guttmann / Asia Times ]

Israel’s crack spy agencies rely on help from their friends

(October 16, 2025)

When Israel launched its attacks on Iran in the early morning of June 13, many news reports marvelled at the quality and ingenuity of its intelligence agencies in enabling the Israel Defense Forces to strike with such precision. But one element was not talked about in any detail: Israel’s network of relationships with other countries’ intelligence agencies and their contribution to these covert operations.

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While searching the Swiss national archives, I found a large cache of encrypted telegrams that had been shared in a network called Kilowatt. This network involved 18 countries and shared information such as the movements of specific Palestinian people identified as terrorists, including the safe houses and vehicles they used. Mossad was part of Kilowatt and could use the intelligence it received from European partners to plan and carry out its targeted assassinations in Europe. There is also ample evidence in the cables that western governments knew what Mossad was using the intelligence for.

09.06.2026 - 19:49 [ Admin.ch ]

“Club de Berne” meeting in Switzerland

(April 28, 2004)

The CTG was formed in September 2001. Since then it has provided threat assessments to key EU policymakers. Those assessments are based on information provided by member services having access to all relevant intelligence. CTG also provides a forum for experts to develop practical collaboration and an understanding of the terrorist threat.

09.06.2026 - 19:43 [ Heise.de ]

Europäisches Geheimdienstzentrum soll nicht im EU-Kontext operieren

(March 21, 2016)

Die EU-Kommission ist ebenfalls in der CTG vertreten.

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Die CTG wiederum hat der informelle „Berner Club“ ins Leben gerufen, den 1971 Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Großbritannien, Belgien, die Niederlande, Luxemburg, Dänemark und die Schweiz gegründet haben sollen. Obwohl dieses Geheimdienstforum einen Wikipedia-Eintrag hat, will sich die Bundesregierung dazu überhaupt nicht äußern.

Der entsprechende Frageteil könne „aus Gründen des Staatswohls nicht ­ auch nicht in eingestufter Form -“ beantwortet werden, schreibt das Innenressort.

09.06.2026 - 18:20 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

Europäische Inlandsgeheimdienste sind weltweit vernetzt

(05.03.2020)

Das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz arbeitet im „Berner Club“ mit den Auslandsgeheimdiensten Mossad und CIA zusammen. Mit weiteren Behörden tauscht der deutsche Inlandsgeheimdienst Informationen zu „nicht-islamistischem Terrorismus“ sowie „Rechts- und Linksextremismus“. Wegen des „Staatswohls“ hielt die Bundesregierung diese Details bislang geheim.

05.06.2026 - 21:31 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: UK adopts SpaceX‘s Starshield for military operations, sources say

(June 2, 2026)

Britain has begun using SpaceX‘s militarised satellite network Starshield, according to two people familiar ​with the matter, making it among the first countries outside the United States to adopt Elon Musk‘s government-focused variant ‌of Starlink.
Starshield, developed for the U.S. government, is designed for military and intelligence missions with enhanced security features, while SpaceX‘s standard Starlink broadband service is aimed at consumer and commercial use.

05.06.2026 - 21:27 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: Pentagon spars with SpaceX over Starlink price hike during Iran war

(May 26, 2026)

The ongoing disputes, which have not previously been reported, underscore how the Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX is handing Musk greater leverage over a critical layer of U.S. national security – at a time when SpaceX ​is seeking to boost revenue ahead of an IPO next month that could be among the biggest in history.
Unlike consumer Starlink terminals available at stores including Walmart, SpaceX sells a military-specific version called Starshield to the Pentagon under a 2023 agreement. Starshield terminals can connect to both commercial Starlink ​satellites and a separate, more secure constellation, also called Starshield, according to a person familiar with the matter.

05.06.2026 - 02:51 [ GreyDynamics.com ]

Operation Rubicon: How the CIA and BND Spied on the World

(August 2, 2025)

Operation Rubicon was a joint covert operation carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) during the Cold War. The operation involved the acquisition and operation of a Swiss company called Crypto AG, which was a leading manufacturer of encryption machines used by governments, militaries, and intelligence agencies around the world.

Under Operation Rubicon, the CIA and BND secretly purchased Crypto AG and then modified the encryption machines to allow the intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on the communications of foreign governments and intelligence services that used the machines. The operation reportedly began in the 1950s and continued until the early 2000s.

The operation was considered one of the most successful and longest-running espionage operations of the Cold War, allowing the CIA and BND to intercept and decipher sensitive communications from numerous countries, including Iran, Argentina, and Libya. However, the operation was eventually exposed in 2020 through investigative reporting by several news organizations, leading to widespread criticism of the intelligence agencies involved and calls for greater transparency and accountability in intelligence operations.

05.06.2026 - 01:55 [ ForeignPolicy.com ]

Starlink Has Privatized Geopolitics

(March 20, 2026)

Starlink is far more than a commercial connectivity service. It is strategic infrastructure that increasingly shapes how wars are fought, how states manage internal unrest, and how criminal networks operate in ungoverned spaces. What makes Starlink so politically consequential is not just its globe-spanning reach but also the governance model behind it.

A private company is now a gatekeeper in orbit, helping decide who connects as well as where, under what conditions, and with what technical constraints. In a growing number of conflicts, these decisions carry military and political effects that states struggle to replicate or control. If many strategic supply chains now depend on private firms, Starlink is an unusually concentrated case of private discretion over public security functions.

04.06.2026 - 16:04 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

„Lavender“: Die KI-Maschine, die Israels Bombardements in Gaza steuert (Teil 1)

Zusätzliche automatisierte Systeme, darunter eines namens „Where’s Daddy“, das hier ebenfalls erstmals enthüllt wird, wurden speziell eingesetzt, um die Zielpersonen aufzuspüren und Bombenangriffe durchzuführen, wenn diese die Wohnhäuser ihrer Familien betreten hatten.

Das Ergebnis war, wie die Quellen bezeugten, dass Tausende Palästinenser – die meisten davon Frauen und Kinder oder Menschen, die nicht an den Kämpfen beteiligt waren – „aufgrund der Entscheidungen des KI-Programms“ durch israelische Luftangriffe ausgelöscht wurden, insbesondere in den ersten Wochen des Krieges.

„Wir waren nicht daran interessiert, [Hamas-]Aktivisten nur dann zu töten, wenn sie sich in einem Militärgebäude befanden oder an einer militärischen Aktivität beteiligt waren“, erklärte A., ein Geheimdienstoffizier, gegenüber +972 und Local Call. „Im Gegenteil, die IDF bombardierte sie ohne zu zögern in ihren Häusern, als erste Option. Es ist viel einfacher, das Haus einer Familie zu bombardieren. Das System ist konzipiert, um sie in solchen Situationen aufzufinden.“

Die „Lavender“-Maschine ergänzt ein anderes KI-System, „The Gospel“. Informationen darüber wurden in einer früheren Untersuchung von +972 und Local Call im November 2023 sowie in den eigenen Veröffentlichungen des israelischen Militärs bekannt. Ein grundlegender Unterschied zwischen den beiden Systemen liegt in der Definition des Ziels: Während „The Gospel“ Gebäude und Strukturen markiert, von denen aus laut Armee Militante operieren, markiert „Lavender“ Menschen – und setzt sie auf eine Tötungsliste.