CIA/European Division/Copenhagen Station
CIA/Station
| CIA/European Division/Copenhagen Station () | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| The CIA's Station for activities in Denmark | |
The CIA's Station for activities in Denmark, based under diplomatic cover at the US embassy in Copenhagen.
Known activities
In 1948, the Danish intelligence service gave the CIA a copy of its file with information about Danish citizens and their political affiliations. Arne Nielsen as head of the police intelligence service, PET, had part of the agency's files, which had been "destroyed" in connection with a government decision, microphotographed and stored in a sealed package in the Danish Embassy in the United States. The government decision was that PET was not allowed to register Danish citizens solely because of their legal political activities.[1]
In the 1970s, behind the backs of the Danish authorities, the CIA collaborated with private Danes[Who?] to bug the North Korean embassy in Copenhagen. After the discovery, three CIA spooks were declared persona non grata by the government of Anker Jørgensen, at the suggestion of the police intelligence service (PET). The story was kept secret for "the sake of the United States", and by giving one of the CIA's Danish collaborators an" indictment waiver", the case could be kept out of the ordinary legal system. Former PET boss Ole Stig Andersen revealed this in his 2012 memoirs.[2]
In the 1970s it ran Polish-born Boris Korczak as an agent, with an Electronics Import/Export business as his front. According to Korczak, this was to to "infiltrate the KGB and became a double agent". It is unclear how reliable he was to the CIA. He turned on what he saw as the Agency's ungratefulness, ending in a 1996 lawsuit.[3]
In 2005, one of the CIA's secret aircraft which is used to transport kidnapped detainees ("terrorism suspects") around the world for torture, landed in Copenhagen.[4]
In a 2025 military agreement between the United States and Denmark, the CIA is allowed to place personnel with no tangible Danish control on three military bases in Jutland. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen] confirmed that in addition to the military, the agreement also included persons from the intelligence agencies CIA and NSA.[5]
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References
- ↑ https://vafo.dk/vejle/cia-fik-kopi-af-efterretningskartotek
- ↑ https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/pet-chef-vi-smed-cia-ud-af-danmark
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091123212443/http://www.williamlofgren.com/
- ↑ https://politiken.dk/danmark/art4867676/Hemmeligt-CIA-fly-i-K%C3%B8benhavn-i-marts
- ↑ https://www.tv2nord.dk/aalborg/regeringen-siger-ja-til-amerikanske-agenter-i-nordjylland