As someone with an interest in cryptography and, I guess as an extension, tradecraft (shout out to Minnesota Spy Club), I thought it was interesting that the Irish military intelligence agency (formerly "J2") decided to "decloak" in the Irish Times:

• https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-spy-service-protecting-ireland-inc/ [podcast]
• https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/04/the-spy-is-the-boring-guy-in-a-suit-inside-the-states-military-intelligence-service/ [interview]

It all seems reasonable enough but I don't know about the whole thing about protecting (among other things) "Irish business interests abroad." And then to tell us that they're working for "Ireland Inc.?" IDK. Not really the kind of public image that inspires confidence.

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No ceasefire.

No concessions from Russia.

The consensus appears to be that Putin got everything he wanted from his summit with Trump in Anchorage, AK, and Two Dolls Donny came away with nothing.

I'm not sure that's true. Krasnov came away with something.

New instructions.

Time was, a handler had to meet their asset clandestinely on a park bench close to the Russian Embassy.

How times have changed...

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Tradecraft in the Information Age

Long article on the difficulty (impossibility?) of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance.... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/tradecraft-in-the-information-age.html

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