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July 6, 2009
Iran arrests French woman for ‘sp...
France’s foreign ministry has appealed to the European Union for support in pressuring Iran to release yet another foreigner accused by the Iranians of spying. The French woman, an academic by profession, had been in Iran for...
July 3, 2009
Former CIA spy laments Milan rendit...
An ex-U.S. spy – once a CIA station chief in Italy – recently spoke to the Italian paper Il Giornale about his involvement in a 2003 CIA rendition heist, which took a Muslim cleric (Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr) suspected of terrorist involvement from his home in...
June 9, 2009
Cuban spies shock unsuspecting neig...
On Thursday, June 4, a retired State Department analyst with top secret security clearance and his wife were arrested by FBI agents on charges of fraud, conspiracy and acting as...
June 8, 2009
12 years in N. Korea prison for 2 U...
Arrested in March for ‘spying’ on and entering North Korea illegally, two female American journalists – after a 5-day trial – were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for committing...
June 1, 2009
23 years later, aging spy fined $50...
May 30, 2009
Lebanon spy count at 25
On Thursday, Lebanon officially accused four additional people with spying on behalf of Israel, which according to an AFP judicial source, brings the total charged since the start of 2009 to 25. The Lebanese spy hunt is going full steam ahead and shows no sign of...
May 28, 2009
4 Bulgarians accused of espionage i...
May 27, 2009
Berlin: Spy convicted of helping Ir...
In October 2008, an Iranian-Canadian businessman, now 61, who spied on behalf of Germany (codename Sinbad) was arrested on charges of supporting Tehran’s missile program. He has just been convicted and...
May 22, 2009
NY: Little sympathy for unrepentant...
Four men with plans to bomb two NYC synagogues and shoot down U.S. military planes appeared in court yesterday after being arrested on Wednesday night. A federal prosecutor on the case said that the men – far from being repentant – were disappointed they’d missed out on the...
May 21, 2009
Informant helps FBI stop NY terrori...
Thanks to an invaluable informant and a carefully orchestrated FBI operation, the plans of four amateur NY-based terrorists have been thwarted. The undercover investigation lasted...
May 12, 2009
Lebanon: Israeli spy gadgets on dis...
With mounting news of arrests of Palestinians and Lebanese accused of spying for Israel, it doesn’t come as a surprise that some proof is being paraded before the press. Yesterday...
May 4, 2009
Vigil Held in N. Dakota for Alleged...
Roxana Saberi, the American-Iranian reporter recently convicted of espionage in Iran after a 1-day trial that was held behind closed doors, has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, April 21. On Saturday, hundreds gathered on the...
April 29, 2009
In Lebanon: Confession from Alleged...
According to the Lebanese media, two Lebanese men and one Palestinian, who were recently arrested in Lebanon for sharing classified information with the Mossad, admitted to...
April 15, 2009
Lebanese Ex-General a Spy for Israe...
As part of Lebanon’s ongoing effort to ferret out those spying on Hezbollah activity for Israel, a retired Lebanese general – who allegedly passed on significant information to Israelis for over ten years – has just been arrested.
The ex-general worked for the General Security department of the Interior Ministry, but he retired from the post …
April 11, 2009
U.S.-Iranian Reporter Held in Iran ...
U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi, who is a dual American-Iranian citizen, was detained in a prison in Tehran in late January. Now, over two months later, she has been officially charged with espionage. Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Haddad says Saberi was “carrying out spying activities under the guise of being a reporter.” She has been accused of gathering …