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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 13d

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 · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 20d

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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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 27

The lakes around Munich are popular sailing hotspots. The intelligence services knew this as well #CIA #BND open.substack.com/pub/lecueill...

The spies' sailing clubs

The lakes around Munich are very popular. Many employees of the BND spend their leisure time on the water. The CIA and the first BND president Reinhard Gehlen were the key factors behind this.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 19

The case of Hansjoachim Tiedge: How a senior #BfV counterintelligence officer‘s personal crisis led to his 1985 defection to East Germany 3/3 substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Hansjoachim Tiedge’s Defection to the GDR

Hansjoachim Tiedge, a senior official of the West German domestic intelligence service (BfV), defected to East Germany on 19 August 1985.

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 19

In this unremarkable office building in Cologne, Hansjoachim Tiedge worked. At the time, it was the heart of West Germany’s counterintelligence against the GDR. From there, he spent months planning his defection to the GDR 2/3 x.com/lcueilleur/s...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 19

On August 19, 1985, Hansjoachim Tiedge, a top counterintel official at West Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution #BfV, defected to the GDR. His move sparked one of the biggest intelligence scandals in the Federal Republic’s history 1/3 www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entde...

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 17

According to US journalist Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social, Moscow requested 450 visas for the Trump-Putin meeting in Anchorage - far beyond diplomatic needs. From a Western view, such excess may signal not just symbolism but potential intelligence motives x.com/bulwarkonlin...

The Bulwark on X: ""Their victory lap is taking the form of expecting our own foreign ministry to be like an Expedia for the Russians and find them hotel rooms in Anchorage...if Sarah Palin could see Russia before, she can really see Russia from her house now, man." @michaeldweiss joins @Timodc: https://t.co/q4KcPH0cUK" / X

"Their victory lap is taking the form of expecting our own foreign ministry to be like an Expedia for the Russians and find them hotel rooms in Anchorage...if Sarah Palin could see Russia before, she can really see Russia from her house now, man." @michaeldweiss joins @Timodc: https://t.co/q4KcPH0cUK

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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 15

Possible highly effective counterintelligence tactic. Less freedom of movement and reduced opportunity to establish sensitive contacts or to place equipment - Bugging devices - unnoticed #SVR #GRU #FSB #Anchorage

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · Aug 15

A closer look at the accommodations for Russian journalists in Alaska reveals simple stadium barracks with cots and partitions—arrangements that, for some unknown reason, have left the Russian guests less than satisfied.

Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · Aug 15

Moscow’s collection capabilities are expected to operate at peak intensity throughout the visit, targeting both communications and network infrastructure in addition to physical observation 6/6

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