S7 Ep20: Espresso Martini Episode Five

On today's episode of Espresso Martini, Chris & Matt take a look at the Chinese “weather balloon” (Spy Balloon), Israel's drone strike on an Iranian missile facility and a Russian spy in the ranks of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence service Topics coveredChinese Spy Balloon & Chinese electronic espionage in the westhttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/chinas-spy-balloon-over-montana-is-part-of-a-larger-more-troubling-patternhttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-first-look-chinese-spy-balloon-debris-being-recoveredhttps://inews.co.uk/news/hidden-chinese-tracking-device-government-car-national-security-2070152https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/22/tiktok-bytedance-workers-fired-data-access-journalistsIran Drone strikehttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/world/middleeast/iran-drone-strike-israel.htmlRussian Spy in the BNDGerman BND officer caught spying for Russia namedhttps://www.politico.eu/article/russia-spy-arrest-germany-foreign-intelligence-agency-treason/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11712829/Youth-football-coach-unmasked-Putin-spy-passed-Germanys-secrets-Moscow.htmlhttps://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/hackers-spies-and-contract-killers-how-putin-s-agents-are-infiltrating-germany-a-2cc6c24c-16ac-43d4-97fa-103081414accOther Stories of note:Suspected Neo Nazi Attacks on US power-gridshttps://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/whos-attacking-our-power-grid/Russia paying EU MPs https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/kremlin-linked-group-arranged-payments-to-european-politicians-to-support-russias-annexation-of-crimeaActive duty Marines with intelligence roles arrested for connection to Jan 6thhttps://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/01/19/3-active-duty-marines-who-work-intelligence-arrested-alleged-participation-jan-6-riot.htmlFind out more about Matt and his book “Active Measures” https://mattfulton.net/Music on this podcast is provided by Andrew R. Bird (Andy Bird). You can check out his work here: https://soundcloud.com/andrewbirdukFor more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/ Secrets and Spies is part of the Spy Podcast Network. Check out our other excellent spy-related podcasts here: https://www.spypodcasts.com/ You can support Secrets and Spies in a few ways:  * Subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg* Become a “Friend of the podcast”  on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies* You can buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=uConnect with us on social media TWITTER twitter.com/SecretsAndSpies FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/secretsandspies  Check out our short spy film “THE DRY CLEANER” which is now available to buy on Apple TV & Amazon Prime. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/j_KFTJenrz4 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.