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espionage stories: 53 news summaries

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Russian Sports, Concert Tycoon Gunned Down

Shabtai von Kalmanovic, 60, know for importing WNBA stars

Nov 2, 09 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A former KGB agent turned sports- and concert-promoter was gunned down today in Moscow, with the submachine gun-toting assailants pulling alongside Shabtai von Kalmanovic’s Mercedes and killing him nearly instantly in a hail of bullets. Kalmanovic, 60, brought stars of the WNBA to Russia during its off-season to play... More »

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Russia • Israel • WNBA • espionage • KGB • assassination • Shabtai von Kalmanovic • Spartak • contract hit

 Top US Scientist 
 Busted for Spying 

Space researcher accused of trying to sell secrets to Israel

Oct 20, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A leading American space scientist has been charged with attempted espionage after being busted in an FBI sting operation. Stewart Nozette, who worked on classified aerospace projects for agencies including NASA and the Department of Defense, was arrested when he attempted to pass secrets to an FBI agent posing as... More »

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NASA • espionage • Mossad • Department of Defense • scientist • Stewart Nozette

 Rings Writer 
 Tolkien Trained 
 as WWII Spy 

Hobbit creator turned down chance to join codebreaking team

Sep 17, 09 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien secretly trained as a British spy in early 1939, the Daily Telegraph reports. Newly released records show that Tolkien—one of his generation's foremost linguists—was given spy training along with 50 other intellectuals and had been picked to join the team trying... More »

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espionage • World War II • Lord of the Rings • J. R. R. Tolkien

 Spying 101: US Wants 
 Colleges to Train 007s 

Spying 101 plan aims to mold future intelligence officers

Jun 20, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's like a cloak-and-dagger version of ROTC. The government wants universities to help train the next generation of spies, the Washington Post reports. The proposed program would recruit first- and second-generation students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the Mideast and Asia in particular, and run them through a specialized set of... More »

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espionage • higher education • colleges and universities • spies • intelligence agencies

No 'False Flag' for China Spy

Claim that Pentagon mole thought he was dealing with Taiwan not true, indictment reveals

Jun 11, 09 9:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pentagon official who said he was tricked into giving classified information to China by an agent who claimed to work for Taiwan was actually aware for a full decade that he was dealing with China, the AP reports. The indictment today of James Fondren Jr also revealed that Fondren... More »

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China • Pentagon • Taiwan • espionage • James Fondren

Fidel Disses 'Comic Strip' Spy Charges
for US Couple

But he commends
those who help Cuba

Jun 7, 09 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has dismissed the charges against an American couple charged with spying for Cuba as baseless, reports Reuters. While he has not confirmed or denied the accusations against former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Castro wrote on his website that he had no memory of... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • espionage • Walter Kendall Myers • Gwendolyn Myers

 Pentagon Official 
 Accused of Aiding 
 Chinese Spy 

He conspired to provide China classified info: feds

May 13, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pentagon employee has been charged with conspiracy to share classified information with someone he thought worked for the Taiwanese government who was actually an agent of China, according to documents unsealed today. James Fondren Jr. was allegedly party to an espionage conspiracy from 2004 to 2008. Fondren, 62, has... More »

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China • Pentagon • crime • Taiwan • espionage • spy • Pacific Command • James Fondren

 Nabbed Oracle Spy 
 Rocks America's Cup 

Cup holders accuse American billionaire of sending spy squads to snoop on yacht

May 13, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skulduggery has once again hit the world's foremost sailing race with charges that a spy for US billionaire Larry Ellison's BMW-Oracle team was nabbed snooping on a rival, the Times of London reports. Spokesmen for Alinghi, the Swiss holders of the America's Cup, say they caught the spy sneaking around... More »

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espionage • Larry Ellison • America's Cup • Switzerland • sailing • Alinghi

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 Smiling Saberi 
 'Happy' to Be Free 

Father says she battled 'psychological pressure' in prison

May 12, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Journalist Roxana Saberi says she’s “very happy” to be free and reunited with her parents and today thanked those who helped win her freedom from an Iranian prison, the AP reports. One of her lawyers said her conviction was partially because she had visited Israel, illegal for Iranian... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • prison release • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

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 Saberi Freed by Iran, 
 United With Parents

Jailed US journalist has prison term cut to two years suspended

May 11, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American reporter jailed in Tehran for the last 5 months, has been freed and reunited with her parents, the AP reports. An appeals court yesterday cut her sentence to a 2-year suspended term, down from the 8 years she was given for spying for the US. The... More »

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Iran • Tehran • espionage • appeal • journalist • sentence • Roxana Saberi

(Newser) - Roxana Saberi’s appeal hearing will take place tomorrow, Reuters reports. The lawyer for the jailed American-Iranian journalist said it’s unclear when his client will find out if her 8-year sentence for espionage has been dropped or reduced. "The verdict could come next week or any other time,... More »

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Iran • espionage • appeal • court • journalist • hearings • Roxana Saberi

Iran to Hear Detained Journo's Appeal Next Week

Iranian officials continue to deny that Saberi is on hunger strike

May 5, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi will get her chance to overturn or lighten an 8-year prison sentence for spying early next week, when an Iranian court will hear her appeal, Reuters reports. Saberi’s father said the 32-year-old is “very weak,” having been on hunger strike for two weeks.... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • spying • hunger strike • US citizenship • detention • Roxana Saberi

Feds Drop Spying Charges Against AIPAC Lobbyists

Earlier rulings made conviction unlikely: gov't

May 1, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Government prosecutors say they will move to dismiss the espionage case against a pair of former AIPAC lobbyists linked to Rep. Jane Harman, the Washington Post reports. Prosecutors said they probably wouldn’t be able to secure a conviction because of the “additional intent requirement imposed by the... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • espionage • spy • AIPAC • Steven Rosen • Keith Weissman

NATO Boots 2 Russians for Spying on HQ

Moscow charges expulsion is ploy to sabotage relations

May 1, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats from its Brussels headquarters for spying, officials announced. The expulsion of the diplomats, one of whom is the son of Russia's EU ambassador, provoked an angry response from Moscow, which accused NATO of deliberately sabotaging relations. The spy scandal is the most serious rift... More »

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Russia • NATO • Estonia • European Union • espionage • Georgia • spy • Dmitri Rogozin

(Newser) - The Iranian-American journalist jailed on spy charges in Iran has told her parents she plans to begin a hunger strike tomorrow, reports George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. Roxana Saberi's parents said they tried to talk her out of it to no avail. They also told Stephanopoulos—who's in Iran for... More »

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Iran • espionage • journalist • Roxana Saberi

Partner Writes Loving Plea for Saberi's Release

Iranian filmmaker worried about jailed fiancee's health

Apr 22, 09 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decorated Iranian film director who describes himself as Roxana Saberi's fiance has written an open letter protesting her imprisonment, the BBC reports. "I beg you not to throw her in the midst of your political games!" Bahman Ghobadi writes in his impassioned plea. "She is too... More »

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Iran • espionage • love letter • Iranian court • Roxana Saberi • Bahman Ghobadi

Jackson Hopes to Win Journo's Release

Saberi's 1st interview subject requests visa for travel to Iran

Apr 22, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Jackson has filed for an Iranian visa and is hoping to make a diplomatic trip as a “free agent” to argue for the release of Roxana Saberi, the Malaysia Star reports. The veteran civil rights activist says he was Saberi's first interview subject when she was a journalism... More »

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Iran • Jesse Jackson • espionage • reporter • journalist • Rainbow Coalition • Roxana Saberi

Feds May Drop Case Against Lobbyists in Harman Flap

Move unrelated to scandal, they say

Apr 21, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors may drop charges against two pro-Israeli lobbyists at the center of a wiretapping scandal involving a member of Congress, the Washington Post reports. The feds say the possible move has nothing to do with the scandal involving Rep. Jane Harman. Instead, a series of recent court decisions in... More »

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Israel • espionage • Jane Harman • lobbyists • AIPAC • Steven Rosen • Keith Weissman

Nobelist Lawyer Defends US Prisoner in Iran

Ebadi urges bail release for journalist Roxana Saberi

Apr 21, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shirin Ebadi, the dissident Iranian human rights lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, will defend the Iranian-American journalist sentenced this weekend to 8 years in prison, reports the Washington Post. Ebadi is seeking to secure a bail release for Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying for the... More »

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Iran • Tehran • espionage • lawyer • journalist • Roxana Saberi • Shirin Ebadi

Wiretap Catches Rep Making Deal for Pro-Israel Lobby Group

Bushies helped kill probe of Dem Harman

Apr 20, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wiretap by the National Security Agency caught California Rep. Jane Harman promising a suspected Israeli agent she’d intervene on behalf of two pro-Israeli lobbyists facing espionage charges, sources tell CQ Politics. In exchange, the agent promised to pressure then-minority leader Nancy Pelosi into making Harman chair of the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Israel • Alberto Gonzales • FBI • espionage • NSA • National Security Agency • wiretap • Jane Harman • AIPAC • warrantless wiretapping • Israeli lobby

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