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 Iraq, Afghan War Reporter Said to Be a Spy

... or so Gawker thinks

Oct 26, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A war correspondent whose rescues in the Mideast have cost several lives is a spy for Washington, Gawker claims, declining to name names or reveal, for "blazingly obvious reasons," the sources for this report, except to say that they are current and former special forces troops. "We... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • military • spy • journalist • war correspondent

Glenn Greenwald

GOPers Run 
'Witch Hunt' for Muslim Spies

Advocacy group tries to place Muslim interns in Congress. So?

Oct 16, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four House Republicans are using a document reprinted in a fringe book on a supposed conspiracy to “Islamize America” to call for an investigation into Muslim “spies” in Congress—spies in the form of interns in congressional offices, that is. How “repugnant” and crazy, writes Glenn Greenwald... More »

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Congress • Islam • House of Representatives • spy • American Muslims • spies • Paul Broun • intern • John Shadegg • Sue Myrick • Council on American-Islamic Relations • David Gaubatz • Trent Franks

 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

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

 Resolute, 
 Saberi Marks 
 32nd Birthday 

Parents of jailed journo told her 'the world was with her'

Apr 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Journalist Roxana Saberi is spending her 32nd birthday in an Iranian prison today—determined to maintain a hunger strike to protest her conviction and 8-year prison sentence for being an alleged American spy. “She didn't wait for us to persuade her not to do so,” her father told... More »

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Iran • spy • jail • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi

 Jailed Journo 
 on Hunger Strike 
 in Iran 

Saberi hasn't eaten in five days, father says

Apr 25, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The father of jailed journalist Roxana Saberi says his daughter stopped eating 5 days ago, the BBC reports. "I'm very worried," Reza Saberi said. Saberi, 31, an Iranian-American reporter, was convicted of being a US spy and sentenced to 8 years in jail in Iran. Her appeal is... More »

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Iran • spy • jail • journalist • hunger strike • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi

(Newser) - The father of the Iranian-American journalist jailed for spying in Iran says he will remain in the country until she is freed, the AP reports. “I demand them to release my daughter as soon as possible so that she can return to her normal life and continue her job,... More »

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Iran • State Department • espionage • spy • journalist • detention • criminal charges • Roxana Saberi • Reza Saberi • Revolutionary Court of Iran

 Spooks Use Wiki to Share Intel 

Site enables rapid sharing of information, advocates say

Apr 8, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA has grown wise to the power of open-source collaboration, and Intellipedia—a classified version of Wikipedia—is humming with activity 3 years after its debut, Time reports. The site boasts 900,000 pages of content written by 100,000 identified intelligence professionals. Advocates cite the rapid treatment of... More »

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Iraq • CIA • Wikipedia • spy • open source • intelligence agencies • intelligence-gathering • Intellipedia

NEW RELEASE

 It's No Lie: Duplicity Scores 

Spy film gets wide, warm reception

Mar 20, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics aren’t hiding their love for the twists and turns of Duplicity, a combination “caper movie,” “love story,” and “extra-dry corporate satire,” AO Scott notes in the New York Times. The buzz on the Julia Roberts-Clive Owen flick:
  • "Attempts—and to
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film • Julia Roberts • movie review • spy • thriller • Clive Owen • movies • Duplicity

Jailed US Spy
Tries to Collect From Russia

Ex-CIA agent sends son to get money,
faces more time

Jan 29, 09 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A jailed spy who shared CIA secrets with Russia has improbably gotten himself into more hot water while behind bars, the Washington Post reports. Harold Nicholson, currently in the middle of a 23-year sentence, figured that Moscow still owed him money, so he got his son to travel around the... More »

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Russia • CIA • espionage • spy

Ex-CIA Chief, McCain Man Praises Panetta Pick

Leon Panetta's 'breadth of experience' will serve him, US well: Woolsey

Jan 13, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - James Woolsey, a former CIA director and adviser to John McCain, tells the Huffington Post he’s “impressed overall by the quality” of Barack Obama’s national-security picks, dismissing criticism that Leon Panetta is a poor fit for his former job. Though an intelligence novice, Panetta is amply qualified,... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • intelligence • spy • Leon Panetta • James Woolsey • President Obama • CIA director

 Iran Nabs 'Spying' Pigeons 

Two birds arrested near Natanz nuclear site

Oct 21, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two pigeons are under arrest in Iran after the alleged avian spies were found hovering near the nation's uranium-enrichment plant at Natanz, the Telegraph reports. The first, a black one, was caught wearing espionage gear—a metal ring held by “invisible” strings. The birds may have been communicating what... More »

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Iran • nuclear • spy • uranium enrichment • pigeon • nuclear enrichment

 New Bond Gives 
 Signature Phrases a Rest 

Quantum of Solace won't see bartenders advised to make martini 'shaken, not stirred'

Oct 20, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Craig is cutting the camp in his latest turn as super-spy James Bond. In the new 007 film, Quantum of Solace, Craig doesn't instruct a bartender on how to make his cocktail, and there's no "Bond, James Bond" introduction, USA Today reports. "I'm as big a fan... More »

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spy • James Bond • Daniel Craig • Quantum of Solace • movie previews • 007

 Tzipi Livni Was a Spy in Paris  

Israeli leader-in-waiting served in elite Mossad spying unit

Sep 20, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman set to be Israel's next prime minister started her career as an elite Mossad agent in Paris, the Times of London reports. Tzipi Livni was part of a covert cell in the city during the early '80s, when it was a hotspot in the spy agency's battle with... More »

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Israel • Tzipi Livni • espionage • Mossad • Kadima • Paris • spy

Spy Author
Le Carré Was Tempted to
Join Soviets

Curiosity, not ideology, piqued his interest

Sep 15, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - British spy novelist John le Carré once considered defecting to the Soviet Union out of curiosity about the country, he told an interviewer while promoting his new book. “When you spy intensively and you get closer and closer to the border it seems such a small step to jump... More »

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Soviet Union • spy • author • John le Carre

Russia Claims US Citizen Provoked War

Cites teacher's found passport as proof of meddling in Georgia

Sep 3, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - To support its claims that US intelligence agents played a role in the Georgian conflict, the Kremlin has produced a US passport belonging to an Army veteran from Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. They say the passport was found in an outpost used by Georgian special forces. The alleged... More »

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China • Russia • CIA • Vladimir Putin • espionage • Soviet Union • KGB • Georgia • spy • international relations • passport

Korean 'Mata Hari' Was More Likely a Patsy

1950 execution of 'spy,'  seductress was result of witchhunt: inquiry

Aug 17, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the thick of Cold War suspicion in 1950, South Korean socialite Kim Soo-im was executed as a wily seductress who passed secrets from her US army lover to another in North Korea. But the hasty trial and execution of the 'Korean Mata Hari' was based on charges trumped up... More »

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South Korea • spy • Communism • Korean War • Kim Soo-im

Brits: Russia Played Role in Ex-KGB Agent's London Murder

'Clear indications it
was state action'

Jul 8, 08 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The murder of a former KGB agent in London 2 years ago was carried out with the support of the Russian government, British government sources have told the BBC. There are "very strong indications it was a state action," said one senior official. Alexander Litvinenko, who was mysteriously... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • espionage • KGB • poison • spy • MI5

Engineer, 84, Busted in Israeli Spy Case

Accused of passing weapons secrets to Israel in the '80s

Apr 23, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - An 84-year-old engineer has been arrested in New Jersey on charges he passed military secrets to Israel in the '80s, Reuters reports. Ben-Ami Kadish, who holds both US and Israeli citizenship, is accused of giving classified information—including details on fighter jets, missiles, and nuclear weapons—to an Israeli consul... More »

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Israel • espionage • nuclear weapons • spy

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