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Peru president rebukes Chile over alleged spying

Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.

Accused spy scientist held without bond

A space scientist accused of attempted espionage was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors said he was a "walking safe deposit box" of government secrets who claimed to have already passed some of them to Israel.

Scientist pleaded guilty to overbilling NASA, DOD

A former government scientist accused of attempted espionage pleaded guilty to overbilling NASA and the Department of Defense more than $265,000 for contracting work, according to newly unsealed court records.

US scientist accused of trying to sell secrets

Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence agent.

Scientist who worked for gov't accused of spying

A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.

Cuban spy gets reduced sentence of about 22 years

A man convicted of spying for Cuba while working at a Navy base in Florida received a reduced prison sentence of 22 years Tuesday, far shorter than the original life term thrown out by an appeals court.

Judge blocks US disclosures in Cuban 5 spy case

A federal judge on Friday halted a U.S. search for national security damage assessments that had been ordered by another judge in the politically charged case of three convicted Cuban spies who are seeking lenient prison sentences.

Exec who hacked friends for sales gets probation

A sales executive who used personal information to guess passwords, hack into e-mail accounts and listen in on conference calls at his friends' companies was sentenced to probation Friday — a punishment the victims said was too lenient.

High court won't review 'Cuban 5' espionage case

Cuban exiles said Monday they were relieved the Supreme Court refused to review the convictions of five intelligence agents for the communist country, despite calls from Nobel Prize winners and international legal groups to consider the case.

Russian court convicts US brothers on spy charges

A Moscow court convicted two brothers with dual Russian-U.S. citizenship of industrial espionage Thursday and gave them one-year suspended sentences, according Russia's top domestic security agency.

Sentence reduced for Filipino spy suspect in US

A federal judge on Tuesday reduced the sentence of a former Philippine National Police officer who pleaded guilty to receiving classified U.S. government documents.

Taiwanese official indicted on spying for China

A senior employee of Taiwan's presidential office was indicted Friday on charges of providing classified information to rival China, a prosecutor said.

Israeli charged with passing information to Iran

Israel's Shin Bet security service says an Israeli citizen has been charged with passing information to Iranian intelligence agents.

Engineers sentenced to 1 year for espionage case

Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers and trying to smuggle the secrets to their homeland to launch a government-backed startup there.

AP IMPACT: Truth emerges too late for Kim Soo-im

Back in the days of "Commies" and "pinkos," of Red scares, black lists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im stood out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer.

Russia accuses British official of espionage

Russia has accused the British Embassy's top trade official in Moscow of espionage, the British Foreign Office confirmed Friday.

Court rules on sentences of 'Cuban 5'

A federal appeals court has again upheld the politically charged convictions of five Cuban intelligence agents accused of spying in the U.S., but vacated sentences of three of them, including two who are serving life terms.

La. furniture salesman guilty of spying for China

A New Orleans furniture salesman pleaded guilty Tuesday to spying for the Chinese government and providing Beijing with secret information on military relations between the U.S. and Taiwan.

Plea Entered in China Secrets Case

A federal magistrate entered a not-guilty plea Tuesday on behalf of a Chinese-American engineer charged with stealing military and aerospace trade secrets for years on behalf of China.

China Dismisses US Spying Allegations

China on Thursday called U.S. allegations of Chinese spying "groundless" and urged the U.S. to stop its "Cold War thinking."

Reports: Russian Spy Chief Commends Work

Russia's spy chief said Wednesday that his service has thwarted the work of nearly 100 foreign agents in the past year, and that the ex-Soviet Baltic nations have increased their espionage activity, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday.

Mich. Man Sentenced in Saddam Spy Case

A man convicted of spying for Saddam Hussein's former regime and sharing information with the executed Iraqi dictator's intelligence service was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Two-Year Sentence in Night Vision Case

A Silicon Valley businessman was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for helping broker the sale of a night vision camera to a research institute linked to the Chinese military, federal prosecutors said.

Space Company Chief Convicted of Spying

A court convicted the head of a rocket and space technology company Monday on charges of leaking sensitive technology to China — the latest case involving a Russian scientist who was prosecuted despite claims the sensitive materials were in the public domain.

Mich. Men Accused of Spying for Iraq

Two Michigan men spied for the Iraqi government before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country, federal authorities said Tuesday.

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Government Will Pay $3 Million in Coffee Table Spying Suit
Source: Wired News

The U.S. has agreed to pay $3 million to a former government worker who accused officials with the CIA and State Department of spying on him with a bugged coffee table.

Iran charges three detained Americans with espionage
Source: Reuters

Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a judiciary official as saying on Monday.

Iran Charges 3 Americans With Spying
Source: The New York Times

The three were held after they strayed into Iran from northern Iraq at the end of July. More Articles

Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege... Again
Source: ABC News Blogs

The Obama administration invoked the controversial "state secrets" privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk.

NASA Scientist Stewart Nozette Charged With Espionage
Source: Politics Daily

To everyone he knows, Stewart D. Nozette is a brilliant and creative scientist at NASA. He is also ambitious and political, donating many thousands of dollars to campaigns and causes, and has prodded public officials to fund programs he is excited about.

Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on CIA Payroll
Source: The New York Times

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials.

Man jailed for selling human skulls
Source: abc.net.au

A Chinese-American academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison for selling human skulls unearthed in China to buyers overseas, state media reported.

Castro's sister 'spied for CIA'
Source: BBC News

A sister of Cuba's former long-time leader, Fidel Castro, has admitted spying for the CIA in the 1960s.

700 arrests across country as FBI rescues children from sex trade
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The FBI says it rescued 52 children, one just 10 years old, from prostitution rings during nationwide raids that led to nearly 700 arrests.

Iran, China Lead the World in Stealing U.S. Military Technology According to Documents Uncovered by Judicial Watch
Source: Hyscience

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Iran and China lead the world in stealing sensitive U.S.

Billionaire arrested over $22m insider trading scam
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Prosecutors who used wiretaps to make their insider trading case against the billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the hedge fund firm Galleon Group, say they will use similar tactics to fight future crimes on Wall Street.

Convicted Cuban spy gets lighter sentence
Source: MiamiHerald.com

One of the Cuban Five defendants, initially sentenced to life in prison for espionage conspiracy, saw his term reduced to 22 years. The judge rejected an even lighter sentence recommended by prosecutors.

Rebooting American Foreign Policy
Source: National Review Online

It has been a bad decade for America's foreign-policy and intelligence establishment. We've seen a devastating terrorist attack in America's largest city, followed by two protracted wars fraught with strategic missteps.

Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Source:

The ACLU has called her "the most gagged person in the history of the United States of America."

BRAD BLOG: Upcoming Cover Story on Edmonds 'Outs' Video-taped, 'Blackmailed' Dem Congresswoman; Alleges State Dept. Mole at NYTimes; MUCH MORE...
Source: bradblog.com

'American Conservative' mag's description of interview with previously-gagged FBI whistleblower as 'explosive' may prove to be a gross understatement Blackmail, bribery, infiltration, theft and sale of nuke secrets by Turkey, Israel explained in clearer detail than ever before.. …

Misdirected spyware infects Ohio hospital
Source: cio.com.au

It was a bad idea from the start, but even as bad ideas go, this one went horribly wrong.

Police probe MI6 'torture' claims
Source: BBC News

Police are investigating an incident involving an MI6 officer for possible complicity in torture.

ASIO considers FBI model: report
Source: abc.net.au

There are reports today that Australia's domestic spy agency could be expanded to become more like its US counterpart the FBI.

Blackwater 'hired for CIA plan'
Source: BBC News

The CIA hired contractors from the US private security firm Blackwater as part of a secret programme to track and kill top al-Qaeda figures, reports say.

Those Bad Old Red Scare Days are Fodder for Hollywood Murder Mystery [bk. review]

Ben Collier takes the train to go to his brother's side at the hospital after a suspicious fall off a hotel balcony. It is Hollywood just after WWII, and Paulette Goddard and some other starlets are on the train along with a studio head.

Transvestite, spy, Messiah - all the same person
Source: New Zealand Herald

With its trout stream, village cricket pitch and sedate tearoom, Abinger Hammer is a quintessential slice of village England.

Police 'not using CCTV properly'
Source: BBC News

The police are failing to use CCTV to catch as many criminals as they could, a senior officer has told the BBC.

Secret Stasi files turn up as film props
Source: abc.net.au

Secret files of Communist East Germany's Stasi security police were sent to a film set for use as props, triggering an investigation into how such sensitive documents were obtained.

Iranian consumers boycott Nokia for 'collaboration'
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The mobile phone company Nokia is being hit by a growing economic boycott in Iran as consumers sympathetic to the post-election protest movement begin targeting a string of companies deemed to be collaborating with the regime.

George Bush's Most Recent Accomplice in Crime? Barack Obama.
Source: Salon.com

The Bush-era torture regime might have been that administration's most flamboyant act of criminality, but its illegal NSA warrantless eavesdropping program (and other still-unknown surveillance programs) has always been the clearest.

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