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SpyWeek: Rifts with Spy Allies Over Venezuela, Kash Slights MI5, Rubio Targets Foreign Antifa

Also: China spy flies, Russia spy ship off Hawaii, Clapper subpoenaed, Bongino poly nixed, MK Ultra hospital sued

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Jeff Stein
Nov 16, 2025
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Five Eyes: Blowin’ in the wind

Five Eyes Rift: The U.K. and Canada have suspended intelligence-sharing with the U.S. over the Trump administration’s attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, CNN reported. Dutch intelligence officials previously said they were restricting sharing over concerns about the “politicization of intelligence” and “human rights violations,” TIME reminded. “Sometimes you have to think on a case‑by‑case basis: can I still share this information or not?” said Erik Akerboom—director-general of the AIVD, the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands—in an interview with Dutch outlet De Volkskrant on Oct. 18. “We cannot say what we do or do not share. But we are more critical.”

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