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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 23h

Cover firms, foreign guests and students, global connections - an unremarkable house at Gänselieselstraße 30 in Munich served for decades as a secret #BND school for partner intelligence services worldwide. A story about the secret “Oberhaus.” open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...

Munich’s House of Spies

Behind the quiet façade of a Munich house, the BND ran a secret school for foreign intelligence officers for decades.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

Though Veikko Palko wasn't named - suggesting Moscow caught wind of some activities 6/6

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

... into the possible unauthorized sharing of classified information with retirees. At least seven current or former #Supo employees are suspects. In 2023, Russia's #FSB aired a TV program revealing details of Supo's counterintelligence operations 5/6

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

Veikko Palko developed methods to expose Russian „illegals“- agents without diplomatic cover - by analyzing their training, communication, and objectives. However, his work is now part of a criminal investigation by Finland's Central Criminal Police ... 4/6

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

With his winnings, Palko acquired assets that #Supo used for operations and founded a private foundation in 2015 with a 1 million € endowment. The foundation awarded significant grants to Finnish intelligence professionals, including active experts 3/6

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

Palko passed away in April 2024 at age 83. He had retired from #Supo over 15 years earlier but continued informal work, focusing on hunting Russian spies. He was regarded as one of Finland's most successful in this field. 2/6

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 1d

Veikko Palko, a retired counterintelligence expert from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (#Supo), won 61.2 million € in the Eurojackpot in 2014 and used part of it to fund anti-Russian espionage efforts during his retirement 1/6 www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...

HS tutki | Supo-etsivän epätodennäköinen elämä: jatkoi Venäjän vakoojien jahtaamista kuolemaan asti

Supoon kohdistuvassa tutkinnassa selvitetään eläköityneen etsivän toimintaa, HS uutisoi lauantaina. Tämä artikkeli kertoo, miten Veikko Palko sai legendan maineen Venäjän vakoojien paljastajana, äkkir...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 4d

Unnoticed by Western intelligence, the #Stasi built a secret “Stay Behind” network in West Germany. In Bavaria, a quiet chalet hid a commando bunker. Hidden depots. Sleeper agents and sabotage plans against NATO substack.com/@lecueilleur...

The Stasi bunker in Bavaria

Unnoticed by Western intelligence services, the Stasi established a secret "Stay Behind" network in West Germany. A piece of Cold War History that has been forgotten.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 6d

In the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, near the Polish border, Moscow #GRU is currently constructing the largest Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) in the world. The array spans 1.6 kilometers in diameter, roughly four times the size of comparable Western systems.
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Putin’s ears within Europe: Uncovering Kaliningrad’s Hidden Antenna Array – Tochnyi.info

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 7d

Hidden in the ice for 80 years: Relics of the U.S. intelligence operation "Greenup" have been discovered on a Tyrolean glacier. It is considered one of the most successful #OSS espionage missions against Nazi Germany tirol.orf.at/stories/3323...

Relikte von Weltkrieg in Gletscher gefunden

Die Ötztaler Museen haben auf dem Sulztalferner in den Stubaier Alpen einen besonderen Fund gemacht. Es soll sich mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit um das Fallschirmmaterial von US-Geheimagenten der „Opera...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 12d

The GDR saw these Western intelligence agencies as a threat to „socialist unity.“ From 1953 onwards, #Stasi/#KGB intensified its countermeasures. Every known US address was specifically observed and mapped in order to identify spies 3/3

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 12d

Dahlem was home to dozens of such secret field stations. The #Stasi and #KGB systematically catalogued them as “enemy centres”. During the Cold War, this district, with its many villas, was a central US sector, characterised by intelligence activities 2/3

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 12d

Former secret office of the US Army Military Intelligence Service MIS (1953–1961) at Thielallee 105 in Berlin-Dahlem. During this period, the #MIS (513th MI) was the operational arm of intelligence work in and around Berlin 1/3

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 17d

Almost halftime at the world’s biggest folk festival. Munich’s #Oktoberfest2025 isn’t just beer and brass bands. It’s the world’s biggest spy “Stammtisch.” A story about it from my old (X) account👇 x.com/lcueilleur/s...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 19d

It’s the core of Denmark’s #SIGINT capabilities. The Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE) facility plays a key role in #NATO’s signals intelligence operations in the Baltic Sea region. Whether drones were also sighted in the vicinity of the station remains unknown 2/2

Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 19d

The Danish government is treating the drone sighting at Copenhagen Airport as a serious attack on Denmark’s critical infrastructure. Not without reason: located not far from the airport is the Sandagergårdan #SIGINT station 1/2 maps.app.goo.gl/5by4TobjGKi9...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 23d

While Org.’s field stations in Berlin concentrated on espionage activities, the Munich office in Maximilianstraße played a different role. It handled financial administration, senior staff management, and communications. 4/4

Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 23d

The cover firm was part of Dienststelle 62’s network of branch offices and addresses in Munich, Berlin, and Augsburg. In Munich alone, ‚Simon & Co‘. maintained additional listings at Türkenstraße 29, 58, and 90. 3/4

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 23d

One of its Munich fronts operated under the name ‚Simon & Co‘. (Objekt Neubau). The office was located at Maximilianstraße 3, directly on Max-Joseph-Platz, inside the former Palais Toerring-Jettenbach, which had been converted into an office building after World War II. 2/4

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 23d

In the mid-1950s, Dienststelle 62 was one of six major operational structures within the #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) in Germany. Its mandate focused on intelligence operations against the Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe 1/4

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 24d

Cold War ghosts fueling Russia’s sabotage war against the West #GRU vsquare.org/revealed-how...

Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions - VSquare.org

These parcel explosions were stagemanaged by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, via the social media platform Telegram.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Sep 8

IAA MOBILITY in Munich: While the automotive industry struggles with sales crisis and job cuts, the trade fair becomes a hotspot for economic espionage. Batteries, software, supply chains - every detail is worth billions. Competitors and states are spying substack.com/inbox/post/1...

IAA Munich- Where Crisis Meets Cooperate Spying

The IAA is not only a place where the automotive industry presents its future, but also a focal point where this future is spied upon.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Hidden Heart of Radio Free Europe: Brienner Straße 3 in Munich. The #CIA’s nerve center for America’s covert Cold War operations. From here, the Free Europe Committee coordinated psychological warfare and exile networks open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...

The Hidden Heart of Radio Free Europe

Brienner Straße 3 in Munich - The Nerve Center of America’s Covert Battle for Eastern Europe

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Sep 2

Don't become a disposable spy for 100 euros - German intel services #BfV #BND warn: Foreign intelligence agencies are recruiting people via social media under false pretenses

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 28

Massive cyber warning: 23 intel and security agencies across 14 countries accuse China of running a global espionage system by hacking routers and telecom backbones media.defense.gov/2025/Aug/22/...

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