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Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies
A list compiled by spymaster Robert Cecil gives an insight into the beginnings of the secret service, says historian
For more than a century, it lay undisturbed in the National Archives: a single sheet of paper, headed The names of the Intelligencers, with the power to unveil a hidden network of secret Elizabethan spies.
Now, the 428-year-old secret dossier of Robert Cecil, spymaster to Elizabeth I and the man who discovered the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, has been pieced together using this key document. It reveals how Cecil set up and used a clandestine espionage network to spy on European monarchs for the English throne.
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Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network
The Guardian used public records and open source materials to identify Daniel Linden of the Shirion Collective. A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion ...Israel -
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Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil find reveals
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34-year-old earning $400,000 a year: I regret buying a brand-new Tesla—it was a 'huge mistake'
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A Den of Spies: Vienna Emerges as Hub for Russian Espionage
Moscow allegedly plotted to kill an investigative journalist in Austria. Now his home is protected by officers with submachine guns.Russia -
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'I feel like I'm back to my old self': Jets' Breece Hall ready to prove he's elite
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Nokia to Buy Infinera for $2.3 Billion to Boost Optical-Networks Arm
The deal, which is valued at $6.65 a share, is a 28% premium from Infinera’s stock price at the close of trading on Wednesday. -
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Nokia to Buy Infinera for $2.3 Billion to Boost Optical-Networks Arm
The deal, which is valued at $6.65 a share, is a 28% premium from Infinera’s stock price at the close of trading on Wednesday.
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