Posted on 12/09/2023 3:49:14 PM PST by FarCenter
The discovery that two agents from Spain’s CNI intelligence service were bribed to provide classified information to the United States has led to an unprecedented situation between Madrid and Washington. Spanish Minister of Defense Margarita Robles, who oversees the CNI, summoned the U.S. ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso, to her office to explain what happened. Such actions are considered hostile and are not expected between two allies. The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, also spoke with Reynoso and expressed the Spanish government’s unease over the revelations, according to government sources. At least two U.S. agents stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, who were directly involved in recruiting the CNI spies, have been discreetly expelled from Spain.
The investigation into the spying operation began before the summer, when during a CNI security check, it was discovered that the two Spanish agents had accessed classified information that they did not need for their work, nor were authorized to know. The internal investigation confirmed that at least one of the agents, a middle-ranking official at the secret service, had been recruited by U.S. spies to obtain secret information in exchange for a large sum of money. According to sources close to the CNI, the agent was an area chief, one of the sections that are part of the intelligence division, while the other was his assistant.
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Expel? Pretty sure they can “legally” execute spies.
Oops 😬😬😬
They wouldn’t have you in the Mafi-A!!
A broad running Spains DOD and another broad REYwhateverher name is as Ambassador....With most authority being legislated away to Federal agencies (HIGHLY ILLEGAL) what do you expect? All these self-serving scunts who produce nothing are riding the international monetary wave!
Spain?
When there are much more interesting places to spy, like Moscow, Beijing and Tehran?
The US spies had diplomatic credentials, so they are just declared “persona non grata” and go home.
The Spaniard intelligence employees they recruited to spy for them are being prosecuted by Spain.
Biden was just trying to find out if Francisco Franco was still dead.
What’s the big deal? Our government is spying on us citizens too.
Why is the U.S. pulling this s-— on a friendly country?
If we can’t keep agents unknown in a “friendly” country like Spain, how the hell can we do it in Russia, China, Iraq, etc????????
If we can’t keep agents unknown in a “friendly” country like Spain, how the hell can we do it in Russia, China, Iraq, etc????????
It’s like this Spain: we didn’t need the spies, but the career path for US spies requires actual recruitments, so they pick the lowest hanging fruit in order to put a notch on their gunboats, and climb the ladder.
It’s not like we recruit anyone in Hamas or Iran. That requires hard work. We are Americans. We have a disdain for hard work, and we have the fat asses to prove it.
Sorry for the double post...
True.
Swingin’ on the Rivera One day
And layin’ in a Bombay alley next day
Don’t let the wrong word slip
Kissing persuasive lips
Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow.
Secret Agent Man...
LOL!
A second-rate high maintenance ally.
Well, as long as the rain stays mainly on the plain, it’s tolerable.
LOL...I remember that intro....
They’ve given you a number
And taken away your name...
I’m not a number!
I am a free man!
Ooops..wrong show LOL.
If the CIA cannot even successfully run a spy op on Spain, how the hell do we expect them to have any reasonable intelligence on: Russia, Hamas, China, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela?
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