Sunday, November 22, 2009

espionage

Iran Accuses 3 Detained Americans of Espionage

Relatives and the U.S government say the three are innocent tourists who accidentally crossed into Iran more >>

FBI Says Top Scientist Sold Secrets

A sting operation targeted Stewart Nozette, a former NASA scientist who helped find water on the moon. more >>

Iran Holds Aid Worker Silva Harotonian on Espionage Charges

The State Department asserts the charges are without merit. more >>

Cyber Hackers Breached Jet Fighter Program

Starwood Sues Hilton Hotels for Corporate Espionage

The lawsuit claims ex-Starwood employees took over 100,000 electronic and hard copy files. more >>

Obama Needs a Security Plan for Smart Grid so a Cyberspy Can't Turn off Lights

Without a lights-out security strategy, hackers could leave U.S. in the dark. more >>

Despite Drug Wars, Mexico Is Not in Danger of Collapse, Obama's Spy Chief Says

Even as drug violence spreads across border, Dennis Blair says Mexico is not becoming a failed state. more >>

Spy Agencies Say China Is Expanding Its Military Forces and Ambitions

Obama's new intelligence chief Dennis Blair says Beijing's national security interests are broadening. more >>

New Evidence of a Soviet Spy in the U.S. Nuclear Program

Two former nuclear scientists make the case that a spy took nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. more >>

Declassified: the Secret Soviet Documents of a Leading CIA Spy

Polish Col. Ryszard Kuklinski passed thousands of pages of Soviet military documents to the West. more >>

Spy Agencies Turn to Newspapers, NPR, and Wikipedia for Information

The intelligence community is learning to value "open-source" information. more >>

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Not-So-Secret Career as a Spy

My father's OSS records reveal no James Bond, but a World War II career like so many others. more >>

Hot Docs: Presidential Order on Intelligence, Illegal Immigrant Numbers Decline, Polygamy and Crime, and More

Today's selection of timely reports more >>

New Spy Arrests Focus on Chinese Espionage

Two new spy cases are the latest evidence of what U.S. officials say is an intense effort by the Chinese government to steal U.S. government and industrial secrets. One case involves a government official who works as a Defense Department weapons analyst and two men in New Orleans, who are accused of passing classified data on U.S. weapons systems to a senior Chinese official, according to a formal affidavit released today by the Justice Department. more >>

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