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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 5, 2009
Mosque informant says FBI didn’t ...
A man claiming to have worked as an FBI informant is seeking damages of $10 million for not being paid as he should have been, not to mention having had to spend eight months in prison for a charge he...
June 4, 2009
First U.S. economic espionage trial...
In 1996, the U.S. Economic Espionage Act was passed, making the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret a federal crime. No one suspected of economic espionage has gone to trial (six settlements) – until Tuesday, when a...
June 1, 2009
23 years later, aging spy fined $50...
May 29, 2009
7 Italians plead innocent in CIA ki...
The trial against those allegedly involved in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric working in Milan continues to unfold in Italy. The defendants comprise seven Italians and 26 Americans, the latter who are...
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 15, 2009
Saberi leaves Iran in aftermath of ...
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...
May 14, 2009
Pentagon official leaks secrets to ...
Pentagon official James Wilbur Fondren has been charged with sharing classified information with a Chinese secret agent. Fondren, once an air force lieutenant colonel, has been serving as...
May 13, 2009
Belgian spy chief warns against Gua...
Although President Obama has promised to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo, one small detail remains to be worked out – where are the 200+ Guantanamo inmates going to go? Obama has been approaching...
May 8, 2009
Swede Charged for Hacking into Cisc...
Five years after hacking into Cisco and NASA computers, a 21-year-old Swede has been issued a 5-count indictment with...
May 6, 2009
Al-Marri Plea Reveals Al Qaeda Code...
Ali al-Marri, the alleged Al Qaeda sleeper spy who has finally been put on trial, recently filed a guilty-plea agreement in federal court that reveals interesting details about Al Qaeda's...