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8 Years in Iranian Prison for Alleg...
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 …
Bail Denied for Alleged Al Qaeda Sl...
Tagged as an ‘enemy combatant’ under the Bush Administration, alleged Al Qaeda sleeper agent Ali al-Marri was held in solitary confinement for over five years before finally getting the chance to go to trial this month. As an enemy combatant, he was being held indefinitely, without trial or sentence.
Al-Marri will stand trial for providing material …
Cracking Codes: Part II
Not too long ago, we posted a little how-to on Substitution Ciphers, and now we’re moving on to Keyword Number Ciphers. If you need a little refresher before Part II, be sure to check out Cracking Codes: Part I.
Keyword Number Ciphers:
Most criminal use ciphers to hide numbers, especially telephone numbers, addresses, weights, and …
Criminal Trial for America’s Last...
43-year-old suspected terrorist Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri has been officially indicted with providing material support to Al Qaeda and conspiring with others to provide material support to Al Qaeda. The two-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in the Central District of Illinois on Feb 26 and announced in a US Department of Justice …
Convicted CIA Spy Continues Espiona...
Spies may be the stuff of movies and thrilling page turners, but they’re not just a throwback to the Cold War, forever to be reincarnated in pop culture. This is the real thing, folks.
Last month, Harold Nicholson – one of the highest-ranking CIA officials ever to be convicted of espionage – and his son Nathaniel …