Dr. Dan Lomas
@sandbaggerone.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham. Writes on 🇬🇧 intelligence.
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
Remains an opinionated Northerner & Mancunian. ✍ Vetting, 'Friends' & UK intelligence 📚 🇺🇦 Views my own.
🔗 https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/daniel.lomas
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Dr. Dan Lomas
@sandbaggerone.bsky.social
· Nov 16
⁉️ What is UK national security vetting, and how has the current system evolved to meet insider threats?
Really pleased to see this political, social, and cultural history of British vetting finally reach Bloomsbury's website.
🗓 Out June 2025
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Really pleased to see this political, social, and cultural history of British vetting finally reach Bloomsbury's website.
🗓 Out June 2025
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/secret-hi...
Paul Ritchie obituary: MI6 officer on front line of post-Soviet threats
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Paul Ritchie obituary: MI6 officer on front line of post-Soviet threats
Senior agent at the forefront of transforming an agency focused on espionage into a global organisation capable of tackling modern-day threats, dies aged 63
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Paul Ritchie obituary: MI6 officer on front line of post-Soviet threats
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Eli Zeira, Israeli intelligence chief vilified for failing to foresee 1973 Yom Kippur War – obituary www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Eli Zeira, Israeli intelligence chief vilified for failing to foresee the 1973 Yom Kippur War
He accused Mossad of being misled by their top spy, and later leaked his identity: Nasser’s son-in-law Ashraf Marwan
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Eli Zeira, Israeli intelligence chief vilified for failing to foresee 1973 Yom Kippur War – obituary www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Today we're talking counterintelligence 👀
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Today we're talking counterintelligence 👀
Reposted by Dr. Dan Lomas
🗣️What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
🎧Listen back to @nottspolitics.bsky.social's UK intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on the On Point show on @npr.org ⬇️
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🎧Listen back to @nottspolitics.bsky.social's UK intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on the On Point show on @npr.org ⬇️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
Intelligence sharing between the U.S. and its allies has long been a powerful national security tool. But recently, some allies have stopped sharing key intelligence with the United States. What does ...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🗣️What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
🎧Listen back to @nottspolitics.bsky.social's UK intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on the On Point show on @npr.org ⬇️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
🎧Listen back to @nottspolitics.bsky.social's UK intelligence expert Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social on the On Point show on @npr.org ⬇️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
"... six weeks later, the three men would make strikingly similar statements to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, criticising Ukraine for silencing journalists and questioning whether the country should be allowed to join the EU as a result".
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaiting bribery sentence | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"... six weeks later, the three men would make strikingly similar statements to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, criticising Ukraine for silencing journalists and questioning whether the country should be allowed to join the EU as a result".
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out politi.co/4ps2Vkf
Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out
Trump’s threat to withhold military intelligence exposes lagging satellite abilities among allies.
politi.co
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out politi.co/4ps2Vkf
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
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Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
Without adopting Canberra's policies wholesale, the UK's intelligence-policymaker network would benefit from making some of the changes Australia has implemented, particularly the designation of a pri...
www.rusi.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Learning from Canberra: A Smarter Vision for UK Intelligence and National Security
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
BBC News - How Jodrell Bank kept an eye on Cold War Soviet missile launches - BBC News
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How Jodrell Bank kept an eye on Cold War Soviet missile launches
How did a giant radio telescope in Cheshire help the West monitor the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
BBC News - How Jodrell Bank kept an eye on Cold War Soviet missile launches - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📻 Thanks to On Point on 🇺🇸 National Public Radio for having me on to talk the US special intelligence relationship.
We talked the suspension of intelligence in the Caribbean and wider impact.
If you want to listen to a Manc with manflu, the full link is here ⏬️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
We talked the suspension of intelligence in the Caribbean and wider impact.
If you want to listen to a Manc with manflu, the full link is here ⏬️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
What the U.S. loses when our allies stop sharing intelligence
Intelligence sharing between the U.S. and its allies has long been a powerful national security tool. But recently, some allies have stopped sharing key intelligence with the United States. What does ...
www.wbur.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📻 Thanks to On Point on 🇺🇸 National Public Radio for having me on to talk the US special intelligence relationship.
We talked the suspension of intelligence in the Caribbean and wider impact.
If you want to listen to a Manc with manflu, the full link is here ⏬️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
We talked the suspension of intelligence in the Caribbean and wider impact.
If you want to listen to a Manc with manflu, the full link is here ⏬️
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes - BBC News
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Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
BBC News - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
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Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
BBC News - Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes - BBC News
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist politi.co/3LNFp2w
Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Jamal Khashoggi's killing “painful” for his country, after pledging nearly $1 trillion in investments in the U.S.
politi.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trump defends Saudi crown price, who US intelligence found ordered killing of Washington Post columnist politi.co/3LNFp2w
BBC News - UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
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UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
Politicians have been warned they are being targeted by suspected Chinese spies posing as "headhunters".
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BBC News - UK will not tolerate Chinese spying, minister says after MI5 alert
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BBC News - MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
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MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
Security services have issued a new "espionage alert" to members of the House of Commons and Lords.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
BBC News - MI5 warns MPs and peers over risk of Chinese espionage
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Explosion on Polish railway track was caused by sabotage, PM says - www.reuters.com/world/explos...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Explosion on Polish railway track was caused by sabotage, PM says - www.reuters.com/world/explos...
BBC News - China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told - BBC News
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China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told
Tens of billions of pounds has been spent by the Chinese in the UK since 2000, Panorama has learned.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
BBC News - China's investment spree in UK gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC told - BBC News
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"Among Russia’s ruling elite, the once-innocuous term “Anglo-Saxons” ... denotes an ... a geopolitical cabal, led this time by London and accused of plotting to contain, humiliate and ultimately dismantle Russia".
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www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice
London and Moscow’s rivalry stretches back to the imperial era, but the Ukraine war has brought relations to a new low
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Among Russia’s ruling elite, the once-innocuous term “Anglo-Saxons” ... denotes an ... a geopolitical cabal, led this time by London and accused of plotting to contain, humiliate and ultimately dismantle Russia".
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
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Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
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Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium - The Washington Post share.google/fUExI0MTFUDi...
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium - The Washington Post share.google/fUExI0MTFUDi...
Reposted by Dr. Dan Lomas
Spymaster: The Memoirs of Gordon M. Stewart, CIA Station Chief in Cold War Germany www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3111...
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Spymaster: The Memoirs of Gordon M. Stewart, CIA Station Chief in Cold War Germany www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3111...
I'd disagree. This is a limited and minor example of where a partner will restrict liaison because of legal obligations. Wider liaison remains untouched and the UK continues to share intelligence with the US.
The BRUSA agreement was signed in 1943 and the UKUSA agreement in 1946. Eight decades of shared history evaporating in a matter of weeks.
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'd disagree. This is a limited and minor example of where a partner will restrict liaison because of legal obligations. Wider liaison remains untouched and the UK continues to share intelligence with the US.