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Texas Girl Arrested for Attempted Smuggling to Russ ...
A 24-year-old Texas beautician was arrested on July 15 after trying to smuggle three night-vision rifle scopes into Russia aboard a JFK-Moscow flight in March. Although rifle scopes, which allow riflemen to see more precisely at further distances, are widely available in the U.S., exporting them without a license is illegal.
Anna Fermanova, born in Latvia but…
Famous female Russian spy dies at 97
When it comes to infamous spy couples, most of us think Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, but even though Mikhail and Elizaveta Mukasei had somewhat less eventful deaths, they were easily one of the world’s most notorious…
Reiss guilty of nuclear espionage?
The 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…
Iran: French ‘spy’ out on bail
Clotilde 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
Don’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…
Spy school: girls only!
Alright, ladies, this is it – your chance to pick up the skills that’ll leave you as seductive and spy-tastic as any of the Bond girls. The Stiletto Spy School, with training sessions in New York and Vegas, plus custom events if…
American reporters freed from N. Korea
So, what happens when two American journalists are arrested in a communist country in which the U.S. has no diplomatic presence, and – following accusations of espionage – are sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in…
Iran to accuse 3 U.S. hikers of spying?
Three American hikers who accidentally crossed into Iran from Kurdish Iraq while on a hiking trip in the resort town of Ahmed Awaa were surrounded and arrested by Iranian troops on Friday. There is no indication that the three were working as spies, but given Iran’s…
Spy charges against French woman baseless
The first time we got wind of the French woman who was recently arrested in Iran for spying, not too many details of her circumstances had yet been shared with the public – not even her name. Slowly, more information is…
Iran arrests French woman for ‘spying’
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…
Cuban spies plead for house arrest over detention
Denied bail because they were deemed to be a flight risk, the Cuban spy couple arrested on June 4 have requested they be…
No bail for Cuban spies
Yesterday, a U.S. federal judge denied bail to a retired State Department employee and his wife, Walter Kendall Myers and Gwendolyn Myers, who were both recently…
Cuban spies shock unsuspecting neighbors
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…
Spy flick to feature Chanel head designer
It’s not often that folks mention spies and haute couture in the same sentence, but here it is: Haute Couture icon Karl Lagerfeld (the designer at the helm of the fashion house Chanel) has agreed to voice for one of the characters in…
Saberi leaves Iran in aftermath of spy scandal
Released from prison and finally free to leave Iran, Roxana Saberi is making her way back home to the US with a recuperative stop in laid back Vienna. She’s not yet ready to speak at length with the press about…
Iran: Alleged Spy Finally Released
In a move that has given Obama, Clinton and the Saberi family immense cause for relief, Iran reduced and suspended…
Vigil Held in N. Dakota for Alleged Spy
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…
U.S. Reporter convicted of spying in Iran goes on h ...
Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist from North Dakota who was recently sentenced to 8 years in prison in Tehran for espionage, went on a hunger strike on Tuesday.
Her father Reza appeared before an Iranian court yesterday, where he was questioned about Roxana’s strike, but what he shared comes as no surprise. She is refusing to eat in…
British Agent Loses Drug Intelligence in Handbag
For most females, a handbag is a veritable extension of the body, but that doesn’t mean they never get lost or accidentally left behind – probably something an undercover British female agent should have considered before traipsing across South America with a USB stick chock-full of intelligence in her purse.
The Sunday Times reported this weekend that…
U.S. Female Reporters Face Trial in N. Korea
Over a month ago, on March 17, two US journalists working for the San Francisco-based CurrentTV, which is owned by former VP Al Gore, were arrested by Korean patrolmen for having allegedly crossed the China/North Korea border illegally. They were in the area on an assignment pertaining to North Korean refugees.
North Korea did not share many details…
8 Years in Iranian Prison for Alleged U.S. Spy
American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was convicted of espionage against Iran in a sentence announced by Tehran on Saturday. The verdict carries with it an eight-year prison term and was reached after a closed-door trial in Iran that lasted exactly one day.
The U.S. isn’t keeping quiet, but how Iran will respond to federal pressure is yet to be…
U.S.-Iranian Reporter Held in Iran for Spying
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…
Google Street View = Spy Gadget??
Although the street view feature on Google Maps was released some time ago in the U.S., it’s only just been added to the online mapping software in the UK – and thus far reports indicate it’s creating all sorts of mischief – both for amateur spies and the spied upon.
It’s no secret that some folks kill…
Two American Women Held in N. Korea for Spying
Two American journalists based in San Francisco and working for CurrentTV have been arrested by North Korean guards and are currently facing intense interrogation in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reporter Laura Ling and photographer Euna Kim are allegedly under investigation for espionage, but U.S. officials have not been very open about their plans to get Ling and…
CIA Spy Angelina Jolie Spotted in NYC
Nothing quite like spotting sexy Angelina Jolie pretending to be an undercover agent on the streets of Manhattan. Last week, the actress was seen dangling, barefoot and a little bloody, from the side of an apartment building in Washington Heights, New York.
Of course, she was in the middle of filming for the new spy flick Salt,…