SPY REGISTER / REPORTING & ANALYSIS

Romania

Intelligence reporting from Romania.

Editorial portrait of David Adrian Kercso against a dark red background — Illustration · Spy Register

FSB / Spy games

He Went to Meet a Woman. Russia Gave Him 15 Years.

An online romance took David Adrian Kercso to the Black Sea. Detention records exposed a problem with the FSB’s arrest film: he was already a prisoner.

Event 22 Oct 2026 · 26 Oct, 22:49 GMT · 2 min read

Shin Bet / Spy life · History

The Future Shin Bet Chief Entered Israel on a False Passport

Amos Manor survived Auschwitz, left Romania under an assumed name and joined Israel’s security service within weeks. Four years later, he was running it.

History · 22 Jun 1949 · 2 min read