Espionage

Interview With Elizabeth Wein, Author of Code Name Verity

Monica Edinger | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Book News, Young Adult Books, World War II, Children's Books, Espionage, Flying, Thriller, Books News

Set in the landscape of World War II Britain and featuring women pilots and spies, the intricate plot of Code Name Verity involves espionage, Nazis, the Resistance, and occupied France.

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The Life And Death Of The First Slain Female CIA Agent

The Washington Post | Edward Cody May 6, 2012 | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Spies, Barbara Robbins Dead, Central Intelligence Agency, Barbara Robbins, Cia, Intelligence Agencies, Espionage, Politics News

The CIA director revealed only a few details about the 21-year-old woman, a secretary among spies. In the agency’s annual memorial service for emplo...

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Iran Thinks It Has a Direct Line to God

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Arab Spring, Mossad, Dan Meridor, Islamic Extremists, Israel, Shin Bet, Saudi Arabia, Espionage, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran, World News

Dan Meridor is the Israeli government's leading moderate -- with the touch of a true intellectual. And Meridor now has an serious emergency at his hands: Iran's nuclear weapons, which Israel has vowed to stop -- with a war, if necessary.

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Are U.S. Colleges Infected By Foreign Spies?

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Spies, Fbi, U.S. College Spies, Iran, Cia, Espionage, China, Dubai, College News

Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon contacted the Central Intelligence Agency in late 2009 with an urgent question. The school’...

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Mata Hari And 14 Other Dumb Spies

TruTV.com | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Video, Pizza Hut Spies, Mata Hari, William Casey, Dumb Spies, Reino Hayhanen, Anna Chapman, Espionage, Stewart David Nozette, Conspiracies, Weird News News

Spies are the ultimate conspiracy characters. They make their careers by stealing information and hiding the truth. The hallmark of a superb spy is an...

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How U.S.' Top Killers Became Its Top (Unaccountable) Spies

wired.com | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Afghanistan War, U.S. Special Forces, Counterterrorism, Jsoc, Joint Special Operations Command, Osama Bin Laden Raid, Espionage, U.S. Military, World News

This is what people think of when they imagine the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, the secretive, uber-elite military unit that killed Osam...

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Cold War Spy Gear Put On Display In Ohio

Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: US Spy Satellite, US Military, Spy, Video, US Spying, Spy Satellite, Military Satellite, Espionage, Satellite, Science News

Tariq Malik, SPACE.com First Published 01/30/2012 07:41 AM EST A trio of once-secret U.S. spy satellites built to look down o...

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Arrest of Ex-CIA Official For Torture Leaks Called Unjust

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Video, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Leak, Waterboarding, Espionage, John Kiriakou Leaks, John Kiriakou, Torture, Politics News

Human rights and open government advocates on Tuesday harshly criticized the Obama administration over the criminal charges brought against an ex-CIA ...

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Land of the Free? Citizens to Subjects

Michael Brenner | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Espionage, Wikileaks, Free Speech, Politics News

America's reign as the world's bastion of political liberties is over. We no longer conduct ourselves as a people and a polity dedicated to the legally protected rights ensconced in our Constitution.

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The Middle East's Latest Police State

Patrick Galey | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Espionage, Spying, World News, World News

Western and Arab diplomats will cheerfully tell you (off the record) that a number of international missions monitor conversations across the country, as do domestic organizations. It's a poorly kept secret that it's hard to keep a secret in Lebanon.

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Soldier Arrested On Suspicion Of Espionage

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Video, Military Times, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Army Times, William C. Millay, William Millay, Espionage, Alaska Department of Corrections, Politics News

A 22-year-old soldier has been arrested on suspicion of espionage. The Army Times reported that William C. Millay, a military policeman from Kentu...

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Judge Orders Accused Syrian Spy From Va. Held In Jail

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Virginia, DC News, Video, Spy, Mohamad Soueid, Leesburg, Bashar Assad, Espionage, Syria, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia man accused of acting as a Syrian spy is a flight risk and should remain in jail while he awaits trial, a federal j...

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Q.R. Markham | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Independent Bookstores, Spy-Books, Slidepollajax, Sean Connery, Booksellers, Espionage, Mystery Books, Crime Books, Books News

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post because it was determined, after its original publication, that large segments had ...

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BBC's The Hour: Stylish and Smart

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Anna Chancellor, Oona Chaplin, The Hour, Julian Rhind-Tutt, TV News, BBC America, Series, Dominic West, Rubicon, Ben Whishaw, Mad Men, Bright Star, Romola Garai, Lisa Greenwood, Drama, Abi Morgan, Espionage, Entertainment News

From the cool blue checkerboard opening credit design and jazzy theme right on through to the final moments of last week's finale, this thriller became more and more addictive as the weeks went on.

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Rick Perry, the Man from Huawei

Ian Fletcher | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Corporate Espionage, Republican 2012 Presidential Candidates, Huawei, Huawei Technologies, China Espionage, Republican 2012 Primary, Rick Perry, Crony Capitalism, Espionage, China, Republicans, Politics News

Rick Perry cannot be held responsible for everything the Chinese firm Huawei does, or might do, all over the world. But equally, his intimate involvement with them doesn't exactly show good judgment for someone who aspires to be commander in chief of America's national security.

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US Fights Imprisoned Spy's Plan To Return To Cuba

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Cuban Five, Florida Crime, Spy Rene Gonzalez, Spy Wants to Return to Cuba, Cuban Intelligence Officer, Spying, Cuban Spy, Espionage, Rene Gonzalez, Crime News

MIAMI — A former Cuban intelligence officer convicted of spying in the U.S. wants to return immediately to Cuba upon his release from prison nex...

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Ex-Tech Worker Pleads Guilty To Espionage

AP | By RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Akamai, Elliot Doxer Akamai, Elliot Doxer Spy, Elliot Doxer, Espionage, Elliot Doxer Guilty, Elliot Doxer Espionage, Elliot Doxer Pleads Guilty, Technology News

BOSTON -- A former employee of a Massachusetts company that helps websites deliver content to users pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of foreign econ...

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China and Cyber-Espionage

Jamie Metzl | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Google, Cyber, Taiwan, Hacking, Espionage, Virus, China, China Cyberattack, World News

China is one of the world's worst state perpetrators of cyber-espionage and malicious computer hacking.

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Judge Allows American To Sue Donald Rumsfeld Over Torture Claims

AP | By NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Rumsfeld Torture Lawsuit, Video, Military Contractors Iraq, U.S. Military, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Iraq, Espionage, Military Contractors, Torture, Politics News

NEDRA PICKLER / AP WASHINGTON -- A judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq ...

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Help the Hikers

Katrina Markel | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: UC Berkeley, Iran Hikers, Josh Fattal, Kurdistan, Iran, Espionage, Shane Bauer, San Francisco News

A deadline is looming for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal. The UC Berkeley graduates are scheduled for a final hearing in an Iranian court on Sunday, July 31st, and their friends and families are asking for your help.

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How Not to Be a Phone Hacking Victim

Larry Magid | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch, Phone Hacking, Tabloids, Espionage, Privacy, Technology News

You don't have to be rich or famous to be a phone hacking victim. Unethical journalism aside, it can also happen to someone involved in a messy divorce, a civil suit or as corporate espionage. Here's what you can do about it.

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Bradley Manning, American Hero

Chase Madar | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Bradley Manning, Cia, Robert Gates, Bradley Manning Wikileaks, Espionage, Wikileaks, Pentagon Papers, Foreign Policy, Politics News

We still don't know if he did it or not, but if the 24-year-old Army private from Oklahoma actually supplied WikiLeaks with its choicest material, then he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom instead of a jail cell at Fort Leavenworth.

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Russian Agent Found Guilty Of Betraying Spy Ring

AP | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Russia, Russian Spy Trial, Russian Spies, Alexander Poteyev, Espionage, Alexander Poteyev Trial, Anna Chapman, Russian Spy Ring, World News

MOSCOW — The cover of the highly placed U.S. mole in the Russian intelligence service was blown. Col. Alexander Poteyev had betrayed his ring o...

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Egypt Will Detain Alleged Israeli Spy Additional 15 Days

AP | By MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Mosad, Ilan Grapel Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, Ilan Grapel, Ilan Grapel Detention, Ilan Grapel Spy, Ilan Grapel Israeli Spy, Ilan Grapel Detained, Espionage, World News

CAIRO -- An Egyptian security official says authorities have renewed the detention of a U.S.-born Israeli who is being held in Egypt on espionage alle...

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Former Secretary Of State Kissinger: China, U.S. Need To Set Cyber Limits

Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: China Espionage, Jon Huntsman, Henry Kissinger, China Cyber Attacks, Espionage, Barack Obama, China, World News

The United States and China will need to work out a high-level understanding to limit cyber attacks and spying, U.S. elder statesman Henry Kissing...

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