Michael Smith

@MickWSmith

Michael Smith - Award-winning journalist and No 1 Bestselling Author. JUST OUT to RAVE REVIEWS The Real Special Relationship!

Henley-on-Thames

Joined August 2011

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 5 h

The English pinot noir that rivals Burgundy | The Spectator spectator.co.uk/article/the-en…

MickWSmith's tweet card. England is now and history. The other day, in the Weald of Kent, now was England and pleasure. We were visiting the Balfour Winery, near Staplehurst, on an enticing midsummer day. This was a quinte...

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 7 h

The Epping migrant delusion spectator.co.uk/article/the-ep…

MickWSmith's tweet card. There is an inherent problem with the government’s strategy to ‘educate’ people out of their concerns about immigration

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 14 h

The High Court’s war on truth spectator.co.uk/article/the-hi…

MickWSmith's tweet card. In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty-Dumpty tells Alice: ‘When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.’ The assertion is intentionally absurd. If...

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Chinese nation-state groups exploiting SharePoint vulnerability, Microsoft confirms | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/microsoft-shar…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Microsoft said previously known Chinese nation-state operations that it tracks as Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon — as well as a third, less-known group — were among those exploiting serious bugs in...

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Spy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfare | Reuters reuters.com/business/aeros…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Germany plans to nearly triple its regular defense budget to around $175 billion per year by 2029, and much of that money will go into reinventing the nature of warfare.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence: "Mini Shahed" Can Hit Moving Targets, but That’s Not the Main Danger | Defense Express en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tec…

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Exclusive: White House taps mining expert to head national security office, sources say | Reuters reuters.com/world/us/white…

MickWSmith's tweet card. The White House has tapped a former mining executive to head an office at the National Security Council focused on strengthening supply chains, three sources said, as a pared-down NSC zeroes in on a...

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Trump's "Russiagate" crusade enters fraught new territory axios.com/2025/07/24/tru…

MickWSmith's tweet card. It's fast becoming a vehicle for MAGA's white whale: the prosecution of President Obama.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

DHS affected by Chinese hack of Microsoft product: sources - Defense One defenseone.com/threats/2025/0…

MickWSmith's tweet card. The company says several Chinese state-aligned groups have exploited the zero-day vulnerability disclosed on Saturday.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Declassified report claims Russia gathered intel on Clinton’s health during campaign | Fox News foxnews.com/politics/russi…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Russia allegedly had intelligence suggesting that Hillary Clinton was taking "heavy tranquilizers," which President Obama and Democratic leaders found to be "extraordinarily alarming."

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

Gabbard releases more Russia documents to accuse Obama of ‘manufacturing’ intelligence | CNN Politics cnn.com/2025/07/23/pol…

MickWSmith's tweet card. One day after President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of treason over the intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and sought to help Trump, Director...

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 15 h

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PProject Matryoshka@projectmatryosh · Nov 25

🇺🇸 Espionage at U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway On November 20, 2024, Norwegian authorities arrested a U.S. Embassy security guard on suspicion of espionage on behalf of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and Iran. He is accused of having violated Section 122…

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 17 h

Most state secrets are nothing of the kind thetimes.com/article/fefb3b…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Carelessness, boasting and pretence blur the rules of what constitutes ‘national security’

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 17 h

Britain’s spies-for-hire are running wild – POLITICO politico.eu/article/uk-bri…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Lucrative, freewheeling — and largely unregulated — private intelligence and security firms are booming in the land of James Bond and John le Carré.

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 17 h

Ex-security guard at US Embassy in Norway is accused of spying for Russia and Iran | AP News apnews.com/article/us-rus…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Norwegian prosecutors have indicted a former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo on suspicion of espionage after he allegedly spied for Russia and Iran.

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · 17 h

Denmark buys four Sky Guardian drones for Arctic surveillance defensenews.com/global/europe/…

MickWSmith's tweet card. The systems are expected to be delivered between 2028 and 2029 and will undergo a certification process.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · Jul 24

Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

MickWSmith's tweet card. The revelation contradicts the Trump administration’s long-standing claims that no classified information was shared by the defense secretary’s account during the “Signalgate” scandal.

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Michael Smith@MickWSmith · Jul 23

Why the Pentagon must prepare for more than just China - Washington Times washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Since coming to office on Jan. 20, President Trump has signaled his preference for peace.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · Jul 23

America's main enemy is Putin - Washington Times washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/…

MickWSmith's tweet card. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been at war with Ukraine since 2014. He has been at war with democracy his entire life.

Michael Smith@MickWSmith · Jul 23

How I Got Here: Sam, intelligence officer at ASIO | HerCanberra hercanberra.com.au/life/how-i-got…

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