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Stewart Nozette (PICTURE): Scientist Arrested On Spy Charges Worked For Department Of Defense

AP | LARRY MARGASAK and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along...

Mussolini And MI5: Documents Reveal Italy's Fascist Dictator Was Once British Agent

The Guardian | Tom Kington | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


Archived documents have revealed that Mussolini got his start in politics in 1917 with the help of a £100 weekly wage from MI5. For the British in...

U.S. Spy Strategy Released; Intel Chief Dennis Blair Comments On 9/11

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had U.S. intelligence agencies been organized then the way they are now, the top U...

Middle East Spies: Top 5 List

Foreign Policy | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


In a region known for cutthroat espionage, these five intelligence chiefs have leveraged their skills and connections to gain influence far above thei...

Obama Admin Wants To Bring Spy Training Program To Colleges

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics


To the list of collegiate types -- nerds, jocks, Greeks -- add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they'll be hard to spot. ...

Colbert's Newsweek Cover Reprises 1989 Spy Joke

Daily Finance | Jeff BercoviciJun 8th 2009 at 11:30AM | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


For its current issue, Newsweek tried something new, bringing in Stephen Colbert as its first-ever guest editor. But for the issue's cover, it resorte...

American Spies, Then And Now (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Walter Ken Myers and his wife Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers have just been accused of spying on the U.S. for nearly thirty years for Castro's Cuba. Whil...

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Happy Campers?

Keith Thomson | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Keith Thomson

A former CIA operations officer told me that Al Qaeda members are "happy" with the new U.S. policy that essentially has opened our interrogation playbook to them.

Iraqi Canadian Charged With Spying For Saddam While In US

Theglobeandmail.com | KATE HAMMER | Posted 01.30.2009 | World


An Iraqi-born Canadian citizen who was detained on Christmas Eve as he tried to enter the United States has been charged with conspiring to spy for Sa...

Maliki's Leverage Over Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Because the clock is running out on Bush and because his domestic popularity continues to fall, Maliki is using the international media to boost his own popularity with the voters in Iraq.

"Perfect Sleeper Agent": Chinese Spy 'Slept' In US For 2 Decades

Washington Post | Joby Warrick and Carrie Johnson | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home


Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer live...

NFL Confiscates Camera, Accuses Pats Of Spying On Jets

ESPN | CHRIS MORTENSEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


NFL security confiscated a video camera and its tape from a New England Patriots employee on the team's sideline during Sunday's game against the Jets...