History Thread for “agent”

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March 27, 2026 Breaking

FBI arrests man over firebomb plot

Federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler in March 2026 over an alleged plot to carry out a violent attack against New York-based Palestinian-American activist Nerdeen Ki...

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February 23, 2026 Breaking

ICE Training Shortcuts Allegations

Washington · District of Columbia · United States

ICE Training Shortcuts Allegations On February 23, 2026, whistleblowers and congressional testimony revealed that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had signific...

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February 10, 2026 Breaking

Squatty Potty creator faces child pornography charges in Utah

Salt Lake City · Utah · United States

Squatty Potty creator faces child pornography charges in Utah On February 10, 2026, a federal grand jury in Utah indicted Robert "Bobby" Edwards, co-creator of the toilet...

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February 5, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

Beit Shemesh Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Spying for Iran

Beit Shemesh · Jerusalem District · Israel

Beit Shemesh Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Spying for Iran On February 5, 2026, the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elimelech Stern, a 22-year-old resident of Beit Shemesh, t...

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February 2, 2026 Breaking

Allegations and Claims Regarding Former Israeli Soldiers and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Social media posts have circulated claiming that former members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), or active IDF personnel, are employed by or working with U.S. Immigration and Customs E...

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January 27, 2026 Breaking

Ecuadorian Government Protests After ICE Agent Attempts To Enter Consulate In Minneapolis

Ecuador Consulate · Minneapolis · Minnesota · United States

On January 27, 2026, Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that an agent from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to enter the Ecuadorian consul...

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January 24, 2026 Politics

Iran reports arrest of suspected Mossad agent

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

On January 24, 2026, Iranian authorities reported the arrest of a suspected Mossad agent operating covertly within the country. The arrest is part of a broader crackdown that Iran claims ...

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January 24, 2026 Breaking

Federal border agents fatally shoot Minneapolis resident

Hennepin County Medical Center Area · Minneapolis · Minnesota · United States

On January 24, 2026, United States Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting...

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January 19, 2026 Breaking

Iran arrests: alleged mossad agents amid unrest

Iran Reports Arrests of Alleged Mossad Agents Linked to Protests Iranian authorities reported the arrest of an alleged affiliate of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service during ongoing pr...

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September 30, 2025 Breaking

Dovid Akiva Shenkman case

Chicago · Illinois · United States

Dovid Akiva Shenkman, a former Chicago resident, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving possession and transportation of child pornography and was sentenced in September 2025 to near...

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September 27, 2025 Breaking

Israel church geofencing campaign

United States

A public relations campaign backed by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was disclosed through filings under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act. The campaign was conducted by Show...

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August 16, 2025 Breaking

Arrest of Tom Artiom Alexandrovich in the United States

On August 16, 2025, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an Israeli cybersecurity official and senior executive at the Israel National Cyber Directorate, was arrested in Henderson, Nevada, as part o...

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March 15, 2025 Breaking

ICE Agent Fatally Shoots 23‑Year‑Old in Texas

Houston · Texas · United States

ICE Agent Fatally Shoots 23‑Year‑Old in Texas On March 15, 2025, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot 23‑year‑old Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen from S...

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June 14, 2023 Wars & Conflicts

Zionist Involvement in Iraqi Bombings

Baghdad · Iraq

In Three Worlds, Shlaim states that he has uncovered what he describes as “undeniable proof of Zionist involvement” in the bombings of Jewish targets in Baghdad between 1950 and 1951. He...

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July 2, 2020 Breaking

Arrest and Conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse · New York City · New York · United States

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on July 2, 2020, by the FBI in Bradford, New Hampshire, for her role in recruiting and groomin...

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December 15, 2019 Politics

Ari Ben-Menashe said that Epstein Island Was Entirely an Intelligence Operation Aimed at Controlling

Ari Ben-Menashe Claims Epstein Island Was Entirely an Intelligence Operation Aimed at Controlling Powerful Figures Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli military intelligence offic...

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June 16, 2015 Breaking

Two Orthodox Jewish Rabbis Sentenced Kidnapping Case

New Jersey · Newark · USA

In the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, multiple Orthodox Jewish rabbis were prosecuted in connection with a federal case involving efforts to obtain religious...

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November 26, 2013 Politics

Israeli producer confirms spy role in past

Rehovot · Israel

Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan publicly acknowledged that he spent years working for Israeli intelligence in a capacity that included acquiring military equipment and technology for his...

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November 8, 2013 Breaking

Rabbi Samuel Waldman Brooklyn arrest US

Brooklyn · New York · USA

Samuel Waldman is an individual who served as a rabbi and teacher at a girls’ seminary in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was associated with religious educational roles within a co...

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October 23, 1991 Politics

Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel

London High Court · London · England · United Kingdom

Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel In October 1991, media proprietor Robert Maxwell and his company Mirror Group Newspapers initiated libel proce...

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July 21, 1979 Breaking

Wayne Williams Atlanta murders

Atlanta · Georgia · United States

Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer whose 1982 convictions became a central part of the investigation into a series of killings known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Be...

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October 1, 1955 Wars & Conflicts

Vietnam War

Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) · Ho Chi Minh City · Ho Chi Minh Municipality · Vietnam

The Vietnam War was a prolonged armed conflict fought primarily between North Vietnam, led by the Communist Party under Ho Chi Minh, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States and ...

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December 7, 1954 Wars & Conflicts

The Lavon Affair

Cairo · Cairo Governorate · Egypt

What it was The Lavon Affair, also known as Operation Susannah, was a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt in 1954, carried out by Israeli military intelligence. ...

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Richard Sorge

14 September 1941 — Soviet intelligence agent Richard Sorge reports from Tokyo that Japan is unlikely to attack the Soviet Union in the immediate future. His reporting contributes to Sovi...

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Untitled

Untitled1 May 1944 — Allied deception operations intensify before the Normandy invasion. False radio traffic, dummy formations, controlled double agents and the fictional First U.S. Army ...

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