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Son of notorious CIA double agent p...

Nathaniel NicholsonEarlier this year, it was discovered that the son of the highest-ranking CIA operative ever to be convicted of spying for the other side, was helping his imprisoned father to continue collaborating with the Russians. The father – Harold Nicholson – was...

See through Oz’s new spy HQ

Artist rendition of new ASIO headquartersAnd we do mean literally. Australia is sparing no expense on the new Canberra-based headquarters of its domestic spy agency ASIO, which will be the 2nd largest building in the city. The project’s just begun – tell-tale signs mark...

CIA under investigation

CIA HQDespite protests (we’ve already conducted an internal investigation; employees who committed abuses have already been duly reprimanded) and extenuating circumstances (the CIA was up against a then very unknown enemy...

Reiss guilty of nuclear espionage?

Clotilde Reiss in courtThe plot thickens in the case of Clotilde Reiss, whom the Iranian ambassador to Paris believes is guilty of nuclear espionage. Ambassador Seyyed Mehdi Mirabutalebi was interviewed by a French daily newspaper...

French spy escapes captivity in Som...

Mogadishu, Somalia If you listen to the rumors, it seems that this security agent paid extra close attention when trained in the art of escape. One of two French agents kidnapped last month by Somali insurgents, he earned his freedom by killing three of...

Warning: fake DHS e-mails circulati...

DHSOfficials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have issued a warning about a slew of fake e-mails in circulation that claim to be from the Department’s intelligence unit. The e-mails appear to contain legitimate...

More U.S. spy planes sent to fight ...

Predator DroneSpy planes are playing a significant part in the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and the United States has decided that with the growing sophistication of the Taliban, it’s becoming increasingly important to deploy additional spy...

Beware of ‘diplomatic immunity’...

By Haggai Carmon

The email message below has been circulated on the Internet and is just one example of many. This one is obviously a scam, but some are more convincingly written and somewhat harder to see through. I strongly recommend that diplomatic missions advise their staff of this type of scam, which targets individuals who …

Egypt: Trial of Hezbollah spies in ...

Hezbollah flagThis Sunday, Egypt brought 26 alleged Hezbollah agents to the stand, where they were formally accused of passing information to a foreign organization, possession of explosive material and planning terrorist attacks on Egyptian...

CIA’s contractor conundrum

CIA capThe CIA’s been under a microscope lately, and Director Leon Panetta didn’t help matters by coming clean to Congress this June about a terrorist assassination operation that went on for seven years (unbeknownst to Congress). Worse yet is...

Iran insists charges against Reiss ...

It comes as no surprise that Iran thinks France’s official perspective regarding Clotilde Reiss is “biased and irrational.” France managed to win her temporary release, at the hefty bail fee of $300,000, but calling for Tehran to drop the charges against Reiss altogether has met with indignation. Iran insists that Ms. Reiss is not a political …

Prague expels spies; Russia retalia...

Czech Republic v. Russia?Russia’s tit-for-tat policy continues with its expulsion of two Czech diplomats yesterday in direct retaliation to Prague’s removal of two Russian diplomats believed by the Czech Republic to be spying. Spying on...

Hacker hunter turns bad

Credit card theftAlbert Gonzalez once used his wily computer skills to help the U.S. government track down hackers. Now it seems he’s crossed over to the other side, where instead of spying to protect U.S. citizens, he’s been spying to steal millions...

Iran: French ‘spy’ out on bail

Clotilde ReissClotilde Reiss, a French teacher accused of spying in the aftermath of the Iranian elections, was released on bail yesterday after spending a month and a half in Tehran’s now infamous Evin prison. Just shy of her 24th birthday...

New spy show to air on FX

ArcherDon’t expect another typical spy show here, folks. "Archer," an animated half-hour comedy launching this fall on FX, may be set at an international spy agency (ISIS), but you’ll find it’s more about the relationships between the agents than the spy missions. It seems that when global...