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U.S. Trial of Cuban Spies Questione...

Amnesty International, a London-based human rights group, has raised some questions about a recent U.S. trial in which five Cuban agents were convicted of espionage, conspiracy to commit murder and other related charges. The group did not express an opinion on the agents’ guilt, but instead highlighted issues surrounding their pre-trial detention, including access to attorneys …

Sri Lanka Revamps Intelligence Prog...

The Sri Lankan government has created, through a new act of parliament, a hopefully improved National Intelligence Service. It is no secret that previous incarnations were widely regarded to be failures. Prior to 1984, intelligence was gathered by the country’s police service. After a perceived failure during riots in 1983, a new organization was formed with …

Michigan Man is Guilty in Chinese S...

Glenn Shriver, a 28 year old man from Michigan, has pleaded guilty to a single offense of conspiring to provide national defense information to Chinese intelligence officers. In court, the man acknowledged that he had received $70,000 from Chinese agents in payment for trying to secure jobs with the CIA and U.S. Foreign Service.

Court papers …

Lebanon Breaks Up Alleged Israeli S...

Last week, Lebanon’s military intelligence agency reported the arrest of a Palestinian man, purportedly a spy recruited by Israel. Sources say that the suspect was recruited by Mossad to gather information on terror groups and Lebanese Army movements. Allegedly, he was also told to search for details about Ron Arad, an Israeli Air Force navigator. …

A Cyber War Against Iran: Whodunit?

By Haggai Carmon

The Iranians are frantically looking for those responsible for infecting their nuclear and industrial facilities with Stuxnet, an extremely sophisticated and dangerous viral computer malworm.

The Iranians should also worry what could come next in this cyber war. Their country’s electrical system may fail. Valves and spigots of a sewage treatment facility could …

Italian Prosecution Looking for Mor...

An earlier ruling by an Italian court that convicted 23 American and 2 Italian citizens has been appealed. The defendants were accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect. Now, the Italian prosecution is trying to reverse some of the lower court’s decisions.  They have opened an appeal in hopes of incriminating the 5 other Italian agents who …

Iran Blames West for Stuxnet; Arres...

In the aftermath of the discovery of the complicated and effective Stuxnet worm, Iran’s intelligence minister Heydar Moslehi blamed western intelligence agencies for developing and unleashing the virus on thousands of Iranian computers. He has now announced on Iranian TV that his own intelligence team has captured “several spies” implicated in the plot to derail Iran’s …