Politico: In recent weeks alone, several key European countries have given their agencies greater authority to disrupt hostile operations, conduct offensive cyberattacks and share intelligence with private companies.
…The latest move comes from Sweden, where the government is staffing up a new Foreign Intelligence Service ahead of its planned launch in January. Stockholm announced two senior appointments late last month: Andreas von Beckerath as director general and Annika Brändström as his deputy, with both set to take up their posts when the agency begins operations…