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Taiwan general Lo Hsien-che held on China spy charges
A Taiwanese general has been detained on suspicion of spying for China - the highest-ranking officer allegedly involved in espionage in decades. Maj Gen Lo Hsien-che was recruited by China in 2004 while he was stationed in Thailand, the defence ministry...
Russian spy Anna Chapman fronts mystery TV show
Anna Chapman, the red-headed Russian spy famously expelled from the US last summer, has made her debut on a mystery show for Russian TV. But the first edition of "Mysteries of the World With Anna Chapman" suggested the CIA's secrets were...
Is there life after espionage? For Anna Chapman, Yes
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The worlds of spying and showbiz would seem to be mutually exclusive. But Anna Chapman, Russia's flame-haired former agent, is making a career of both. Chapman, who last year was outed along with a handful of other Russian spies working secretly in...
Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad
Iran has hanged a man after finding him guilty of spying for Israel's intelligence service, the official Irna news agency says. Ali Akbar Siadat, an Iranian, was executed inside Tehran's Evin prison, according to judicial officials. Irna said he was...
Spain-Russia spy row leads to diplomats' expulsion
It has emerged that two Russian diplomats were expelled from Spain in November on suspicion of spying. Russia responded by expelling two Spanish diplomats last week, a Spanish foreign ministry spokesman said. The spokesman would not comment on reports...
By David J. Smith In a few days, we usher out the year of the tiger and welcome the year of the rabbit. But we could as well dub 2010—and 2011 also—the year of the worm. Stuxnet and Wikileaks are just two examples of how worms—computer...
Moldovan journalist jailed for 15 years for spying
A court in the breakaway Transdniester region has sentenced a Moldovan journalist to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for Chisinau, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. In a case that sparked international concern, Ernest Vardanean...
Russian “illegal” spies in the US were betrayed by a double agent
By Pavel Felgenhauer The group of ten Russian spies arrested last June in the US by the FBI and later deported to Russia in a spy exchange was revealed by Moscow last week to have been betrayed by a high-ranking double agent in the Foreign Security...
Britain blasts Iran claim of terror support
British authorities are dismissing Iranian state TV claims that four Kurdish men accused of carrying out assassinations are linked to Britain. Iran's intelligence ministry is claiming to have broken up a cell of Kurdish terrorists with alleged links...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sang old KGB songs with them and Anna Chapman's Facebook website page is the most visited in Russia. Russians are toasting the 10 alleged sleeper spies that the United States sent home earlier this month. The suspected...
