Welcome to your daily Dead Drop Intel Brief. Today is October 28, 2025.
First up: you may have seen the headlines — Israel and Hamas. Yesterday, Hamas handed over what they claimed were the remains of a hostage. But the truth is far darker: Israel had already identified and covered that body back in 2023. What this means is cold and calculated: Hamas is playing games with human life, using it for psychological operations, and it’s failing — in full view of the world stage.
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Second on the docket: the global stage is heating up. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s 2025 threat assessment, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are working closer together than ever.
But they’re not lining up tanks at a border — this era’s wars are quieter, insidious, and hit you in your wallet. They rely on cyber-attacks, propaganda campaigns, economic coercion.
Third, while the US and Japan forge tighter defense and critical-mineral supply-chain links, adversaries are quietly building their own walls — around raw materials, supply dependencies, technology access. On the upside, this shift is good for American industry and national security. On the downside, it signals the world’s choosing sides again. The big picture? It isn’t climate change. It isn’t global warming. It’s global instability. Enemies are linking up. They’re probing how far they can push — before we respond.
Lastly: non-state actors are doubling down. The DNI report flags transnational criminal organisations, terrorists, and others who are no longer lone wolves — they’re cooperating.
Director of National Intelligence
One sobering example: cartels reportedly in Ukraine, learning drone warfare. Let that one sit. These groups operate in the shadows, but their reach is growing and blending with state-sponsored activity.
Bottom line: If you thought wars started with troop movements across the flat plains of Europe — think again. Today’s contests begin in dark data streams, bleeding-edge supply chains, propaganda waves, and embedded proxies. And yes — hostage manipulations on the Middle East frontlines still matter, because they tell us who is willing to play by rules, and who isn’t.
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