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Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US A Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has been...October 30, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
CSE report says India is also stepping up cyber-attacks against Canada government networks A Canadian spy agency has warned that India is using cyber technology to track separatists abroad, a day after the country’s government accused a...October 25, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Unaware he’s married to a spy, Beckinsale’s husband is kidnapped – cue the baddies demanding a secret file, fancy action sequences, lots of gunshots and a nice trenchcoat French director Pierre Morel oversaw the making of the first Taken...October 21, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilities Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli police and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency say they have arrested a network of...October 20, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
John le Carré’s son does him proud in an excellent spy thriller about a Soviet agent that faithfully bridges two of his father’s classic tales Autumn now seems officially to be John le Carré season, given that this is the fourth year...October 17, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Justice department says Vikash Yadav, who remains at large, planned to murder a Sikh separatist in New York The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to murder a Sikh...October 16, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methods A developing Russian campaign of arson, sabotage and even murder plots has left western intelligence agencies alarmed over the...October 15, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
As a Spanish reporter, Pablo González charmed his way into Russian opposition circles and covered Putin’s wars. Then, in 2022, he was arrested on suspicion of espionage. Many former associates now believe that he betrayed them One...October 7, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Comment follows claim Kremlin recruited member of parliament to damage UK-Irish relations during Brexit talks Ireland is a “playground” for Russian intelligence, a former deputy chief of an Irish army unit has said following claims that...October 6, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
House of Trump, House of Putin author sees dark parallels between 2024 and a 1980 election beset by foreign intrigue Late last month, Hillary Clinton warned of an impending “October surprise”, the sort of political bombshell often seen...October 3, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Richard Rogers convicted of threatening to assault former speaker because government had not shot balloon down A Montana man was convicted on Wednesday of threatening to assault the former House speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming...September 29, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide something The former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused the UK government of hypocrisy and concealment over the...September 23, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
As Chinese carmakers become more powerful, US fears installed sensors and software could be used for espionage The Biden administration has proposed new rules that would in effect prohibit Chinese-made vehicles from US roads after a...September 21, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Hezbollah device blasts add to reputation for audacious espionage, but Israeli spy agency has had numerous failures Israel’s foreign intelligence service, usually known as the Mossad, has scored many spectacular victories in almost 80...September 19, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Brian Jeffrey Raymond of California was found guilty of drugging and raping women in his government apartments A former CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday, the...September 14, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
State department says allegations of American collusion are ‘categorically false’ as US navy member identified among foreign citizens detained The US state department rejected wild allegations of CIA involvement in an alleged...September 14, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Motivated pursuers using advanced technology and brute force have yet to pin down their cautious quarry. Would his death or capture stop the war? A group of Israel hostages were huddled in a tunnel in Gaza a few days after they had been...September 12, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma pleaded guilty to accepting gifts from China in return for delivering US defense information A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in...September 10, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Sons whose mother was executed with her husband Julius in 1953 say newly released document proves innocence The family of Ethel Rosenberg, who was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted...September 9, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Gal Luft, a US-Israeli citizen, was previously arrested last February in Cyprus but fled while released on bail The leader of a US thinktank who was indicted last year on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of China has been...September 9, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Animal rights groups had claimed beluga named Hvaldimir, which was found dead last month, had been shot A beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness prompted suspicions that the creature was trained by Russia as a...September 7, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Bill Burns calls Vladimir Putin a ‘bully’ whose ‘sabre-rattling’ should not always be taken literally Western leaders should not be intimidated by Kremlin threats of nuclear escalation, the head of the CIA said on Saturday, amid a debate...September 3, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Linda Sun, Kathy Hochul’s former deputy chief of staff, arrested for ‘furthering’ Chinese interests, attorney says A former New York state government official who worked for the former governor Andrew Cuomo and current governor, Kathy...September 3, 2024 from World news: Espionage | theguardian.com
Oldman got an Oscar nomination for his turn as John le Carré’s rumpled spymaster. So what’s stopping a repeat performance? Name: George Smiley. Age: It was once observed that Smiley is “one of those ashen Englishmen, like the poet Philip...August 2, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Image shows one of five men accused by US government of plotting 9/11 attacks, who remains in custody without a criminal conviction Warning: this article contains graphic images and descriptions of torture The man is very slight of...July 18, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Leon Panetta says lapses ‘particularly disturbing’ given reports of threats from Iran towards former president The former CIA director Leon Panetta decried security failings around the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in...May 9, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Tactic can disrupt adversaries’ plans but also risks politicising intelligence and compromising sources, article argues An increasingly common US tactic of declassifying intelligence with the aim of disrupting the plans of adversary...April 12, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government A former career US diplomat was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for...March 18, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Ex-president’s support for the Russian strongman has experts fretting over American interests and security sources overseas Donald Trump’s continuing lavish praise and support for Vladimir Putin are fueling alarm among former...February 13, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
US national security spokesperson says talks in Cairo ‘constructive and moving in right direction’ Middle East crisis – live updates Israel and Hamas are making progress towards a deal that would bring about a ceasefire and free hostages...February 1, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Joshua Schulte, who prosecutors said was responsible for agency’s largest data breach, also guilty of possessing child abuse images A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) software engineer who was convicted for carrying out the...January 26, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
This blog is now closed. What is the ICJ and what is South Africa’s claim against Israel? Snipers around the vicinity of al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis , southern Gaza , are shooting people as they try to leave the buildings, according...January 25, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
William Burns and the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service will reportedly meet Qatari prime minister in Europe as part of efforts to broker a deal See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage The director of the Central Intelligence...January 16, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Strasbourg court says interrogation in secret location broke human rights laws Lithuania broke European human rights laws by allowing the CIA to subject an alleged 9/11 suspect to “inhuman treatment” in a secret interrogation centre in...January 5, 2024 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
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Palestinian national claims British intelligence services asked CIA to put questions to him while he was being tortured in ‘black sites’ A Guantánamo Bay prisoner can sue the UK government in England and Wales over allegations that...December 7, 2023 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who turned against her brothers and their regime, became a CIA informer and sought exile in the US Juanita Castro, one of the younger sisters of the revolutionary Cuban leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro, was...November 28, 2023 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Heads of US and Israeli spy agencies to meet Qatari leadership, with focus on persuading Hamas to release male hostages Israel-Hamas war – latest updates US and Israeli spy chiefs have flown to Qatar for talks on how to extend the...October 29, 2023 from World news: CIA | theguardian.com
Lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri claim UK intelligence was ‘complicit in his ill-treatment’ by the US The UK’s intelligence agencies are facing a fresh judicial investigation into allegations that British spies were complicit in the...September 28, 2021 from intelNews.org
THE PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP Hamas has published the name, address and photograph of an individual believed to be the incoming director of Israel’s security service.September 27, 2021 from intelNews.org
A JUDGE IN NEW Zealand rejected on Monday a request by news media to lift the ban on the identity of a soldier, who was arrested nearly two years ago for allegedly spying for a foreign country.September 24, 2021 from intelNews.org
EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER, FIVE members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and one member of Fatah escaped from the Gilboa Prison in Israel, by digging a tunnel under the prison walls. The escape was a dramatic surprise and caused wonder in the...September 23, 2021 from intelNews.org
THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS summoned the chief Georgian envoy to Brussels, in response to allegations that European, American and other diplomats were spied on by the Georgian security services.September 22, 2021 from intelNews.org
THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF Venezuela’s military spy agency has been captured in Madrid after two years on the run, and is now likely to be extradited to the United States, where he will face drug trafficking charges.September 21, 2021 from intelNews.org
A WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CLAIMS that a major Dutch oil firm paid millions in bribes to officials in return for lucrative contracts, is to be extradited to Monaco, following his arrest in Croatia last summer.September 20, 2021 from intelNews.org
ISRAEL’S PRIMARY EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE agency, the Mossad, assassinated the lead military scientist behind Iran’s nuclear program using a remote-controlled robot, according to a new report.September 17, 2021 from intelNews.org
THE SOMALI CAPITAL MOGADISHU remains tense today, after the country’s president and prime minster, who are supported by rival militias, leveled accusations at each other over an intelligence officer’s disappearance.September 16, 2021 from intelNews.org
Three former employees of American spy agencies, who helped the United Arab Emirates hack targets around the world, including United States citizens, have agreed to cooperate with the investigation into their activities.September 15, 2021 from intelNews.org
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE noticing early signs that al-Qaeda may be regrouping in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, according to the deputy director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.September 14, 2021 from intelNews.org
A GROUP OF COMPUTER hackers with links to the Chinese state is likely behind a major breach of networks belonging to at least ten Indonesian government ministries and agencies, including the country’s primary intelligence service.