# counterintelligence
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Venezuela Replaces Long-Serving Defense Chief with Intelligence-Backed Insider
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez appointed Gustavo González López, a longtime presidential security and counterintelligence official, as Venezuela’s new defence minister, replacing Vladimir Padrino López. The move signals a potential shift toward prioritising regime security and internal surveillance over conventional military roles, with implications for civil-military balance and foreign engagement.
Inside Iran’s Intelligence Counterstrike: How a 60,000‑Weapon Seizure Upended a Covert Playbook
Iran says it intercepted a 60,000‑item arms shipment in Bushehr and dismantled a Mossad‑trained network it accuses of funding violent acts inside the country. The seizure, if verified, underlines Tehran’s expanding counterintelligence reach and complicates U.S. and Israeli covert options in the region.