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First U.S. economic espionage trial under way
In 1996, the U.S. Economic Espionage Act was passed, making the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime. No one suspected of economic espionage has gone to trial (six settlements) – until Tuesday, when a…
U.S. gov accidentally leaks secret nuclear info
As per today’s NY Times, the U.S. government inadvertently web-published a confidential report on nuclear sites and programs, which included specific location of Uranium stocks. Whoops. Blunders like this are not unheard of – especially in the UK where…
U.S. diplomat killed in 2003 was really a CIA spy
In 2003, Gregg Wenzel (33) died in Ethiopia in what was then reported to be a random traffic accident on the streets of Addis Ababa, caused by a drunken driver. Wenzel was supposedly a U.S. diplomat…
23 years later, aging spy fined $50K
An 85-year old American living in a retirement community in New Jersey was fined $50,000 for spying on the U.S. on behalf of Israel in the 1980s. He avoided a jail term because…