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  • July 2008

    • Cuba Rebuilds Spy Network in Fla., Agent Says

      Miami Herald  |  Jul 5, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Cuba Rebuilds Spy Network in Fla., Agent Says

      (Newser) - Cuba has rebuilt its spy network in Florida to its highest level in 10 years, a US Army expert on Cuban agents tells the Miami Herald . The FBI rounded up more than a dozen spies in 1998, but they have all been replaced, bringing Florida’s spy population to around 210, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons said. His revelation is the first in recent years by a US official on Cuban spies. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • spies  • Cuban exiles

    • US Spies Getting Own Version of Second Life

      Wired  |  Jul 3, 08 7:41 PM CDT

      US Spies Getting Own Version of Second Life

      (Newser) - Call it 007 2.0, if you will. The US military is planning a Second Life -style virtual world just for spies, complete with a “time machine” feature. But some are skeptical. "They can't do plain old forensics right and they're going to develop a mechanism that rolls the clock backwards and forwards based on multiple inputs?" grouses one unnamed critic in Wired. More »

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      US military  • virtual worlds  • intelligence agencies  • spies

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Wiretaps Continue Under Lapsed Law

      Reuters  |  Feb 24, 08 11:31 AM CST

      Wiretaps Continue Under Lapsed Law

      (Newser) - US spy agencies are continuing wiretap surveillance despite the fact that a law re-authorizing the administration's controversial program failed to pass a divided legislature last weekend. Telecommunications companies are cooperating with the government despite concerns, Reuters reports. Wiretaps will resume under the current law "at least for now," according to a joint statement yesterday by the Justice Department and Office of National Intelligence. More »

    • CIA Lost a Fortune on Failed Terror Traps

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 17, 08 10:56 AM CST

      CIA Lost a Fortune on Failed Terror Traps

      (Newser) - CIA officials lost a bundle after 9/11 setting up fake businesses to ensnare suspected terrorists in a strategy it now concedes was ill-conceived, reports the Los Angeles Times . The agency spent hundreds of millions of dollars to establish 12 enterprises in Europe and elsewhere to provide a convincing cover for spies. All but two have been shut down. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • CIA  • terrorist  • spying  • suspected terrorists  • spies  • undercover

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