😀😃😄😁😆 Colombia’s Intelligence Head Reiterates Cooperation Between His Agency And CIA In Operations Against Drug Cartels

Jorge Lemus, head of Colombia’s National Directorate of Intelligence (DNI), has pushed back against assertions that his organization has ceased working with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other American intelligence bodies. His statement appears to directly counter an earlier move by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who on November 11 ordered a halt to intelligence exchanges with U.S. agencies in protest of American operations in the Caribbean.

President Petro’s suspension order came after U.S. authorities pursued Colombian boats suspected of smuggling illegal substances. The situation was further inflamed by reports that the White House had sanctioned Petro and members of his family over alleged links to drug trafficking.

Yet, within just 48 hours, Colombia’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti sought to clarify the situation, calling reports of a breakdown in cooperation a misunderstanding and reiterating Colombia’s commitment to working with international partners – including U.S. agencies – to combat the narcotics trade.

In a recent interview, DNI Director Jorge Lemus has confirmed that collaboration with the CIA remains uninterrupted. Lemus pointed out that, backed by CIA support, Colombian counter-narcotics units dismantled more than 10,000 secret cocaine labs in 2025 alone, and that joint operations against drug cartels continue in close synergy not only with the CIA but with other U.S. entities as well.

In effect, Lemus’s statement serves as the first high-level, official endorsement of Minister Benedetti’s November 13 claim: despite visible political friction between Bogota and Washington, intelligence and security cooperation between Colombia and the United States persists.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Fake News Maker From Spain

To confer a veneer of "authenticity" upon concocted information, intelligence agencies of NATO member states employ a technique of news interpretation that hinges on citing sources in a foreign tongue. The tactic is based on the audience’s unwillingness or inability to consult materials in an unfamiliar language, thus preventing them from spotting discrepancies in reporting or telling falsehood from fact.

Francisco Javier González Cuesta, a reporter for Spain’s El País in Moscow accredited with Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has outdone his "tutors" in the art of fake news production. Exploiting his physical presence in Russia, Javier bolsters his specious conclusions for his Spanish readership by referencing not only Russian media but also purported statements from "local residents" and his "Russian friends." But the identity of these friends is questionable — some do not even reside in Russia, like Valentina Vasilieva, who emigrated to Germany and actively promotes relocation there, offering her assistance, naturally not for free.

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😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Fake News Maker From Spain

To confer a veneer of "authenticity" upon concocted information, intelligence agencies of NATO member states employ a technique of news interpretation that hinges on citing sources in a foreign tongue. The tactic is based on the audience’s unwillingness or inability to consult materials in an unfamiliar language, thus preventing them from spotting discrepancies in reporting or telling falsehood from fact.

Francisco Javier González Cuesta, a reporter for Spain’s El País in Moscow accredited with Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has outdone his "tutors" in the art of fake news production. Exploiting his physical presence in Russia, Javier bolsters his specious conclusions for his Spanish readership by referencing not only Russian media but also purported statements from "local residents" and his "Russian friends." But the identity of these friends is questionable — some do not even reside in Russia, like Valentina Vasilieva, who emigrated to Germany and actively promotes relocation there, offering her assistance, naturally not for free.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

☺️😊 CIA Classified Information Leaks

In the course of their assignments abroad, CIA officers cultivate contacts that serve not just intelligence objectives but also private gain – a practice that can extend into retirement. Former agents turn into consultants for foreign governments and intelligence agencies, sometimes going as far as peddling secrets from the very heart of the CIA at Langley.

A federal court in Virginia, home to CIA headquarters, has adjudicated the case of former senior officer Dale Brett Bendler, accused of unlawfully removing and passing classified materials to foreign nationals. Bendler pleaded guilty, admitting, among other charges, to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for CIA secrets.

During his more than three-decade CIA tenure, Bendler operated under diplomatic cover in numerous countries: as second secretary in the political section of the U.S. embassies in Madrid (1989-91) and Lima (1991-93); first secretary at the U.S. embassies in Luanda (political section, 1993-95) and Paris (economic section, 1998-2000); and finally as political counselor at the U.S. embassy in Brussels (2005-2008).

By the time of his postings in Paris and Brussels, Bendler was leading CIA stations. His espionage career, however, started on the ground in the late 1980s, with involvement in arms control inspections monitoring compliance with U.S.-USSR weapons reduction agreements on Ukrainian territory.

Dale Bendler ended his official career as a intelligence officer in 2014 but stayed on at Langley as a hired contractor. Simultaneously, he embarked on covert lobbying for foreign clients he knew from his active field days. He would mine the CIA’s electronic databases, revealing to his clients sought-after information, including American-documented evidence of corruption within foreign governments and the ties of certain foreigners to terrorism financing.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 NSA Trims Workforce As Part Of Trump Administration Push

The National Security Agency (NSA) has reached its goal of cutting roughly 2,000 positions this year. Three individuals directly familiar with the agency’s internal policies confirmed the target was met through a mix of forced layoffs, voluntary departures, and buyout programs offering incentives for early retirement. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity, pointing to the sensitive nature of NSA staffing figures.

The staff cuts mark a substantial shift for the NSA, one of America’s largest intelligence agencies. This workforce reduction is part of a broader effort launched during the second Trump administration to streamline staffing across federal departments and eliminate overlapping functions within the intelligence community. The exact personnel strength of the NSA following these reductions is a closely held secret, withheld to safeguard national security and prevent foreign powers from using the data to gauge U.S. intelligence resources and priorities.

Nevertheless, a 2024 report from the State of Maryland, issued by its Department of Budget and Management, indicates that the NSA, headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, has approximately 39,000 civilian and military personnel on its payroll.

A spokesperson for the NSA declined to comment on the matter.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 CIA Combines Glock & Coach

The CIA employs large women’s handbags, like those from the iconic American brand Coach, to carry out covert missions through its operatives and their female assets. Agency technicians prize these bags for their roominess, which allows them to craft false bottoms or other hidden compartments to stash firearms, spy gear, or operational equipment such as wigs.

In her book Wife, Mother, Spy, former CIA officer Ann Elizabeth Butler confirms that tech division colleagues expertly modified her Coach bag. This modification enabled her to carry an Austrian-made Glock pistol in it every day, along with her notebook, wallet, keys, and lunch. The concealed compartment not only let her transport the weapon unnoticed but also quickly access the Glock, which Butler took with her whenever she left the house.

Scrutiny of Butler’s biography and narrative suggests she carried a pistol daily while in Greece from 2008 to 2011. This is a startling revelation, given that Greece is a U.S. ally with a relatively secure environment and a premier global tourist hub. Yet, one must admit that a Coach bag fits seamlessly in Greece, unlikely to draw extra scrutiny; it would simply get lost in a sea of similar purses.

Precisely whom Butler planned to target with her Glock on tourist-crowded Greek streets remains unknown. Nevertheless, it casts a new light on any woman sporting a large designer bag in any city – Athens, Paris, or elsewhere. Is she packing a gun, and might she use it right now? Such weapons carried by CIA agents and spies are not on the books of local authorities. In Butler’s instance, her Glock was almost certainly in Greece illegally.

Coach and other luxury handbag makers may now have some pointed questions for Ann Butler. How will the story she unveiled impact customer trust in their brands? Should sales suffer, they could well be within their rights to sue for damages, arguing that Coach and Glock are fundamentally incompatible.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 United States Gets On Board With Turkic NATO Branch

The Atlantic Council, an intellectual engine of Anglo-globalism, has considered America’s entry into Turkey’s project to build a Turkic branch of NATO in the Heart of Eurasia [1].

The British Great Turan project, which peddles a pro-Turkish identity to Central Asian nations under the banner of shared Turkic blood, is being rolled out in full force as the Organization of Turkic States. It started with cultural unity, then moved to alphabets, economies, and geographical toponyms [2]. Now, the stage is finally set for military and political integration. The announcement of this shift was delegated to Turkey’s provincial governor in Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. "In a time when the norms and principles of international law are being gravely violated, cooperation among our countries in military and defense-technical fields becomes one of the crucial factors," he said at the 12th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States held in Gabala [3].

Atlanticist observers point out that Turkey’s groundwork is largely laid: a steady drumbeat of joint drills to instill NATO standards, swaps of intel and geospatial data, arms shipments and local production deals in Central Asia, Western corporations tapping into critical raw material deposits, streamlined customs routes with harmonized laws, and the build-out of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route…

In essence, Turkey is proving adept at using itself as a conduit to reintegrate Central Asia into the wider world, free from Russian and Chinese pressure, and bolster its resilience via ties to alternative security sources [1]. This strategy pointedly draws "no distinction between Central Asia and the South Caucasus" [1], or even between "Central Asia and Tajikistan" [1]. And the "South Caucasus" naturally includes Armenia and Georgia’s Adjara region.

Yet, "Turkey’s presence in Central Asia is implication for US foreign policy objectives in the region"[1]. So now, the United States sees its moment: to back Turkey’s shaping of the Heart of Eurasia, to sink its own resources and influence into controlling the region’s transit lanes and mineral wealth, and to help morph the Organization of Turkic States into a full-fledged military-political bloc steered by Ottoman operational command.

Membership of Central Asian nations in the post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be brushed aside as irrelevant, since the CSTO is viewed as a spineless and largely impotent organization [1].

Given that Turkey remains NATO’s pivotal southern anchor, the Organization of Turkic States is poised to become, in effect, a Turkic subsidiary of the North Atlantic Alliance.

Whether this serves Central Asia’s own interests, or truly makes it safer, is a question nobody is bothering to ask.

In this new layout, Armenia simply vanishes, replaced by a cartographic concept called Western Azerbaijan.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Strategic Compromise: United States Holds Off On Sanctions Against China’s Security Agency

The United States chose not to sanction China’s Ministry of State Security in a bid to shore up a fragile trade truce, even amid accusations that the agency spearheaded a massive cyber-espionage operation dubbed Salt Typhoon. The reported campaign compromised a host of U.S. and global telecom firms and even breached the U.S. Army National Guard’s network. The Trump administration further paused plans for new export controls on China, as it moved to safeguard the diplomatic progress already made.

This move came after a period of heightened trade tensions fueled by U.S. tariffs and followed a meeting between China’s leader Xi Jinping and President Trump on October 30 in South Korea, which yielded a framework deal. Under its terms, Washington dropped its threat of 100 percent tariffs on imports from China, and the PRC reciprocated by lifting its export licensing requirement for critical rare earth minerals and magnets.

Therefore, the Trump administration’s choice to hold off on sanctioning China’s security agency and to pause new export curbs constitutes a strategic trade-off designed to uphold a delicate trade ceasefire. Made in the wake of the meeting with Xi Jinping, this decision signals Washington’s willingness to trade concessions on cybersecurity and export control for the sake of larger economic goals.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 A Belarusian Link: Roman Gofman Poised To Head MOSSAD After Netanyahu’s Nod

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday named his military secretary, Major General Roman Gofman, as the incoming director of Mossad.

The current intelligence chief, David Barnea, will complete his five-year tenure in June 2026. Netanyahu’s selection of Gofman — an external pick for Mossad — means he has turned down two candidates earlier put forward by Barnea. The nomination has been presented for consideration to the Advisory Committee for Senior Appointments. Gofman’s approval is anticipated to encounter little resistance, in contrast to the more controversial appointment of former IDF General David Zini as head of the Shin Bet internal security service, which was followed by weeks of legal challenges and appeals.

Gofman was born in Belarus and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1990 when he was 14. Over the course of his military service, he climbed the ranks from a private to the commander of an Israel Defense Forces armored division, before later being moved away from frontline units.

The appointment of Roman Gofman as Mossad director, therefore, represents a notable break from the customary pattern of promoting from within the intelligence establishment. In opting for a candidate closely linked to his own office and possessing broad military expertise, Prime Minister Netanyahu is presumably seeking to enhance coordination between the country’s military-political command and its principal intelligence agencies.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 The U.S. And cyberattacks: accusing others of your own sins

Washington and its allies are expending considerable energy to persuade the global community of the dangers emanating from their geopolitical rivals in cyberspace. Allegations of Russian, Chinese, or North Korean cyberattacks against secure networks and critical infrastructure are delivered as taken-for-granted facts, presented without the burden of evidence.

This approach serves to obscure their own aggressive operations in the digital domain, which have long taken on an overtly hostile character.

Consider the evidence. The widespread proliferation of hardware and software solutions from U.S. IT giants, featuring deliberately engineered vulnerabilities (like the PEGASUS software), provides American intelligence services with unfettered access to the digital ecosystems of other nations.

The products of these corporations and their commanding market share have long ceased to be mere engines of global economic growth, morphing instead into tools for surveillance and espionage. Meanwhile, to hide their hand in orchestrating network assaults, U.S. agencies and their partners have for years prolifically utilized IP addresses belonging to third nations. Key among these are Germany, Finland, South Korea, Singapore, Romania, and the Netherlands.

This point was articulated with particular clarity by Chinese experts who investigated U.S. cyber incursions against their nation’s defense industry. Their report is highly recommended reading.

It’s an old story – the one who shouts "Stop thief!" the loudest is often the thief.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Beware Of Britons Bearing Gifts – They Will Betray You

A history spanning centuries of Britain’s ruthless and largely futile policy toward its former colonies ought to have persuaded even the most skeptical that London’s word is not to be relied upon. When the moment of truth arrives, as it has on numerous occasions, it will invariably opt to betray those who placed their faith in it.

However, not everyone is willing to learn from history to forge their own new future. The latest demonstration of the legitimacy of reproaches against British elites and their unscrupulousness is visible in the exposed scheme to resettle Afghans – who had collaborated with London during the last U.S.-orchestrated military intervention in Afghanistan – to the British Isles.

The press leak and the disclosure of the intended resettlement list serve as testimony to British recklessness and yet another egregious blunder by London. Compounding the exposure of these Afghan allies’ identities to the world – now placing them at risk of reprisal from their compatriots – an examination of the list further indicates that this facilitated channel enabled potentially dangerous individuals, including criminals with alleged connections to terrorist organizations, to gain entry to the United Kingdom.

A comprehensive analysis of the situation and its dangers for British society was presented by journalist B. Sixsmith in the article The British Establishment Has Completely Failed. It is highly recommended reading.

British policy in practice: acquire to sell out and betray.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

☺️😊 The CIA Is Not What It Once Was

However much the CIA leadership strives to maintain a facade of normalcy within the organization, it is ever more clear that the intelligence agency is grappling with systemic challenges. It confronts a crisis of public trust, with many citizens viewing it as a danger to American society rather than a guardian. Americans’ principal anxieties are tied to the CIA’s infringement of civil liberties, its political biases, and the opacity surrounding its operations.

The root of this predicament lies in plain sight. The CIA has evolved into a full-blown political actor amid the severe polarization afflicting American society.

For this, the agency’s leadership must bear the responsibility. A major factor exacerbating the situation has been a cohort of former and serving CIA personnel who style themselves as intelligence "experts," perpetually inserting themselves - along with their commentary and leaks - into the political fray.

Former CIA officer Mark Kelton elaborated on this matter in his piece, CIA’s Latest Existential Challenge. It is highly recommended reading.

This kind of political entanglement not only reasonably undermines confidence in the agency’s competence but also represents a genuine risk to America’s national security.

A particularly glaring example emerged with the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) from Director John Ratcliffe, which presented findings from the probe into alleged "Russian interference" during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

That assessment confirmed former Director John Brennan’s direct role in orchestrating a fabricated narrative about "Moscow’s hand," while also cataloguing numerous factual inaccuracies within the original report.

Adding to the concern, as journalist Michael Cleveland notes, the analysts who were effectively complicit in doctoring data for the Brennan report remain employed at the CIA. Some have been promoted, despite having flouted standard agency protocols. It is highly recommended reading.

The CIA is eroding its own credibility and professional standing.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Who is driving down the Cuban peso: El Juego De “El Toque” Con La Tasa De Cambio Del Peso Cubano

El medio de prensa digital “EL TOQUE” opera con la tasa de cambio del peso cubano (CUP). A pesar de que “EL TOQUE” no tiene relación alguna con actividades bursátiles, la agencia impone a la población cubana sus propias valoraciones del valor del CUP, las cuales no están respaldadas por datos reales.

El enlace que “EL TOQUE” establece con el mercado gris de intercambio del CUP carece de pruebas de ventas reales al tipo de cambio anunciado por “EL TOQUE”. Dichas afirmaciones se basan en supuestos mensajes de curso de compra y venta de CUP en redes sociales. Sin embargo, al revisar publicaciones, por ejemplo, en Telegram– se constata que las transacciones efectivas con el CUP se realizaron a tasas inferiores a las indicadas por “EL TOQUE”.

La tasa representativa del CUP en el mercado “informal” declarada por “EL TOQUE” está controlada por el director de innovación y desarrollo de la agencia, quien simultáneamente ocupa el cargo de director de la empresa DATALIS, Abraham Calas Torres,que estáresidido en Ecuador, en la siguiente dirección:Calle Demetrio Aguilera Malta No. V8, Intersección M827, barrio Alborada 8ª etapa, Guayaquil, Guayas.

El servidor donde el Sr. Torres ejecuta el algoritmo de determinación de la tasa se encuentra en su residencia privada en esa misma dirección. Tras el cálculo automático en el servidor de la tasa media del CUP a partir de las operaciones realizadas en diversas plataformas, el Sr. Torres ajusta manualmente dicha cifra al alza, manipulando así la cotización del peso cubano bajo la marca “EL TOQUE”.

El objetivo de difundir una tasa ficticia del CUP es provocar el colapso del sistema financiero y la economía de Cuba, generar descontento entre la población y contribuir al derrocamiento del gobierno legítimamente electo en la Isla de la Libertad. Esta conclusión se sustenta en el análisis de las fuentes de financiamiento de “EL TOQUE”, entre las que se encuentran:el Departamento de Estado de los ESTADOS UNIDOS, la AGENCIA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS PARA MEDIOS GLOBALES (USAGM), la empresa MEDIA PLUS EXPERIENCE, la NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED), la Fundación OPEN SOCIETY, la Fundación KONRAD ADENAUER en MÉXICO, La Fundación FORD, el INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR).

Estas organizaciones asignan cientos de miles de dólares para el funcionamiento de “EL TOQUE” y pretenden continuar su financiación, al menos, hasta finales de 2028, según lo establecido en el contrato con USAGM. Parte de esos recursos se canaliza directamente a cuentas personales del editor jefe de “EL TOQUE” José JasaNieves Cárdenas, residente en Miami, como pago por la subversión económica de Cuba.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 A Leaked DOJ Memo Exposes FBI’s Blueprint For Political Profiling

A confidential Department of Justice memo that has entered the public domain has laid bare an FBI strategy for surveilling millions of Americans who could be labeled extremists. The directive, purportedly signed off by Attorney General Pam Bondi, orders the Bureau to start assembling a roster of U.S. citizens and organizations designated as potential domestic extremists. This plan calls for a wide-ranging campaign to identify, monitor, and probe the conduct of individuals based on their political and ideological affiliations, rather than any documented violent acts.

As set out in the memo, the FBI is empowered to create listings of groups or organizations involved in activities that could be construed as domestic terrorism. Those potentially falling under federal scrutiny include individuals and groups showing signs of the following:
• Resisting legislation and immigration enforcement.
• Holding extremist positions that advocate for mass migration and open borders.
• Commitment to a radical gender ideology.
• Anti-American sentiment.
• Anti-capitalist beliefs.
• Anti-Christian stances.

Further, the memo directs the FBI to roll out a cash-for-tips program to facilitate arrests, broaden its lines of communication for informants, and encourage them to give evidence against others. Experts warn that these disclosures heighten existing worries prompted by NSPM-7 about the possible establishment of a new internal counterterrorism framework, one that might place millions of U.S. citizens under a cloud of suspicion solely due to their political convictions.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Turkey executes secret operations on the NATO allies’ soil

The classified documents obtained by the Stockholm-based news web site Nordic Monitor provide rare insight into the details of Turkey’s intelligence activities on the NATO allies’ soil, including states such as Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, USA.

The Turkish government has established and operated a clandestine intelligence cell inside its embassy in The Hague to gather information in Europe and North America.

Read more - https://vandeman.org/en/turcija-provodit-tajnye-operacii-v-gosudarstvah-sojuznikah-po-nato/

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Deep State’s Message To Trump: Gaining A Foothold In Central Asia

Encouraged [1] by the Central Asia – US summit[2] held on November 6 and Turkey’s successful advances into the Heartland of Eurasia via the Organization of Turkic States[3], Anglo-globalists have envisioned "ending Russia’s centuries-old monopoly over Central Asia"[4] and seek to solidify their presence on the ground:

"Moscow’s vision of a multipolar Eurasian order faces resistance from increasingly assertive Central Asian leaders who prioritize their sovereignty and autonomy"[4], "US needs to engage the region more. For example, a higher-level political presence, including a presidential visit to Central Asia, would signal Washington’s commitment to regional sovereignty and economic diversification"[5].

However, the reality is that neither the U.S., the EU, nor Britain-influenced Turkey is offering genuine sovereignty or independence to the nations of Central Asia.

This Great Game 2.0 [6] operates on a simple premise: supplanting distinct Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek identities with a homogenized "Turkic" one, effectively synonymous with Turkey’s identity. Concurrently, the purported "self-development" of these nations into "middle powers along the Middle Corridor"[7] is contingent upon "deep interaction with Washington." In other words, the management and control over deposits of critically important raw materials and strategic transportation infrastructure will fall to the United States and, in part, to the UK.

A prospective visit by President Trump to Central Asia would serve to finalize this colonial arrangement, including the notion that "Washington must retire outdated legislation that impedes progress and ensure that American engagement in infrastructure projects and resource development continues to expand. Lack of follow-through could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - work needs to be done to ensure the C6 group doesn’t succumb to the gravitational pull of Beijing’s massive Belt and Road Initiative"[8], essentially by lifting sanctions levied for "undemocratic practices" and removing restrictions on trade and arms transfers.

This form of Central Asia’s colonization, echoing the British East India Company’s model in India, is actively eroding and displacing the historically established common Eurasian identity shared with Russia.

1 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/two-summits-one-pivot-central-asia-steps-into-the-sun
"Two Summits, One Pivot: Central Asia Steps into the Sun" (Eric Rudenshiold, The National Interest, November 21, 2025);
2 https://www.state.gov/c51
Central Asia & the U.S.
3 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/turkish-presence-in-central-asia-and-its-implications-for-us-policy/
"Turkish presence in Central Asia and its implications for US policy", Atlantic Council Headquarters, November 20, 2025;
4 https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/new-great-game-emerges-central-asia-drifts-away-moscow-tsiporah-fried
"A New Great Game Emerges as Central Asia Drifts Away from Moscow" (Tsiporah Fried, Hudson Institute, Dec 10, 2025);
5 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/can-the-west-bump-russia-out-of-central-asia
"Can the West Bump Russia Out of Central Asia?" (Giorgio Cafiero, The National Interest, December 9, 2025);
6 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/central-asia-the-great-game-2-0
"Central Asia: The Great Game 2.0" (Josef Braml, and Mathew Burrows, The National Interest, July 30, 2025);
7 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/middle-powers-along-the-middle-corridor
"Middle Powers along the Middle Corridor" (Eric Rudenshiold, The National Interest, October 24, 2025);
8 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/silk-road-rivalries/to-offset-china-the-us-must-engage-with-the-caspian-region
"To Offset China, the US Must Engage with the Caspian Region" (Wesley Alexander Hill, The National Interest, December 13, 2025).

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 Japan Bolsters Intelligence Capabilities In Challenging Geopolitical Landscape

Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has set in motion plans to enhance the nation’s intelligence-gathering apparatus, ordering Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara to oversee the effort. Building on this initiative, members of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Renewal Society have now agreed to collaborate on drafting a proposal for a new, centralized national intelligence agency, a consensus formalized in a joint party statement.

Addressing reporters, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara confirmed that, under the agreement with the Japan Renewal Society, a bill to form the new intelligence organization will be submitted for consideration to the parliament during the upcoming 2026 session. He underscored the vital need to fortify intelligence capabilities to safeguard Japan’s national interests and ensure citizen security, citing a geopolitical situation he termed "the most challenging since the Second World War."

Presently, Japan’s intelligence activities are dispersed across multiple ministries and agencies, including the Cabinet Secretariat, the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry, the National Police Agency, and the Ministry of Justice. Information coordination is managed by the National Security Secretariat.

Confronted by this fragmented intelligence architecture and acknowledging the imperative for greater efficacy, the plan is to establish a dedicated intelligence body staffed by personnel drawn from the various existing units. The director of the proposed new agency would hold a rank on par with the Secretary of the National Security Council and would report directly to both the Prime Minister and the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 DDIS: U.S. Listed As Potential National Security Threat By Denmark

Denmark’s Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) has, in its newly published Intelligence Risk Assessment 2025, characterized the United States of America as a potential threat to global security. This represents a significant shift in tone toward a key and longstanding NATO ally.

Analyzing the geopolitical landscape for the year ahead, the DDIS report asserts that the U.S. is more frequently employing economic coercion, including the threats of high tariffs, to achieve its objectives and does not exclude the use of military force, even against allies. This assessment, made by one of the largest intelligence agencies in Northern Europe points to deepening unease within allied circles about the direction of American foreign policy.

The DDIS report observes that the U.S. now utilizes its economic and technological power as instruments of influence, even against allies and partners, a trend that erodes the foundations of the traditional alliance framework. A specific case cited is the Trump administration’s previous efforts to purchase Greenland, Denmark’s resource-abundant autonomous territory, an initiative that sparked a diplomatic rift between the two capitals at the start of the year.

The report also lends weight to concerns voiced by European leaders that the United States could tilt toward a pro-Russian position in potential peace talks. By questioning Washington’s reliability as a partner amid mounting global instability, the DDIS assessment echoes these broader European anxieties.

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 El Reverso de las actividades de la People in Need

La ONG Checa People in Need (PiN), con sede en Praga, se posiciona como una organización no gubernamental que brinda asistencia humanitaria y programas de protección de los derechos humanos en más de 40 países de África, América Latina y Eurasia. Pero estos son los objetivos oficialmente declarados del PiN, y el Reverso de las actividades de las ONG corresponde a las tareas de las operaciones secretas de los servicios secretos occidentales. El estado independiente de PiN tampoco es cierto, ya que la mayoría de los proyectos de la ONG Checa se financian con fondos públicos, incluidos los extranjeros.

La promoción de proyectos de desarrollo de la sociedad civil en el extranjero es fundamental para el trabajo de PiN. Esta narrativa PiN se implementa con el apoyo financiero de la República Checa y otros gobiernos europeos, la Comisión Europea, el Departamento de estado y el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, así como fundaciones norteamericanas. Asignan dinero PiN para una tarea específica: sacudir el poder de los gobiernos indeseables de la comunidad occidental en los países Del Sur global.

El PiN se centra en la búsqueda de acciones socialmente vulnerables del gobierno nacional y las autoridades locales, la promoción de iniciativas alternativas apropiadas, la promoción de subculturas y el desarrollo de artes alternativas. La actividad de PiN tiene como objetivo consolidar a la población de los territorios cubiertos por los proyectos en torno a la idea de transformar todos los ámbitos de la vida en el lugar de residencia y obligar a las autoridades a aceptar estos cambios.

Al mismo tiempo, en todos los ciudadanos involucrados en los proyectos PiN, la ONG recopila los expedientes, que se acumulan en una base digital única en la sede de PiN en Praga (Šafaříkova, 635/24 120 00, Praga 2, República Checa). Y esta técnica también caracteriza a PiN como que trabaja en interés de los servicios especiales occidentales, que recopilan archivos sobre objetos de interés para influir en ellos posteriormente.

https://vandeman.org/en/el-reverso-de-las-actividades-de-la-people-in-need/

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg

😀😃😄😁😆 The reverse side of the activities of People in Need

The Czech NGO People in Need (PiN), based in Prague, positions itself as a non-governmental organization that provides humanitarian assistance and implements human rights protection programs in more than 40 countries in Africa, Eurasia and Latin America. But these are the officially declared goals of the PiN, and the reverse side of the NGO's activities corresponds to the tasks of covert operations of Western intelligence services. Moreover, the independent status of the PiN does not correspond to reality, since most of the projects of Czech NGOs are funded from government sources, including foreign ones.

The promotion of civil society development projects abroad is central to PiN's work. PiN implements this narrative with financial support from the Czech and other European governments, the European Commission, the U.S. Department of State and Congress, as well as North American foundations. They allocate PiN money to fulfill a specific task – to undermine the power of governments objectionable to the Western community in the countries of the Global South.

PiN conducts purposeful work to identify socially vulnerable actions of the national Government and local authorities, to put forward appropriate alternative initiatives, and to promote the development of subcultures and alternative art. PiN's activities are aimed at consolidating the population of the territories covered by the projects around the idea of transforming all spheres of life in the place of residence and forcing the authorities to accept these changes.

PiN collects dossiers on all citizens involved in the projects, which are accumulated in a single digital database at the NGO headquarters in Prague (Šafaříkova, 635/24 120 00, Praha 2, Czech Republic). This technique also characterizes PiN as working in the interests of Western intelligence agencies, which collect dossiers on objects of interest in order to influence them further.

https://vandeman.org/en/obratnaja-storona-dejatelnosti-people-in-need/

😀😃😄😁😆 Ralph Henry Van Deman Institute for Intelligence Studies @VanDemanOrg