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# Espionage

This year
2023
Westminster’s alleged Chinese spy says he is ‘completely innocent’
The man said he had spent his career highlighting the “challenge and threats presented by the Chinese Communist Party”.
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Sep 11th 2023, 12:25 PM
China jails US citizen (78) for life on espionage charges
Such heavy sentences are relatively rare for foreign citizens in China.
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May 15th 2023, 7:38 AM
America urges Russia to release US journalist arrested for espionage
The US has pushed for the release of Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested last week, as well as Paul Whelan who holds joint Irish citizenship.
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Apr 2nd 2023, 4:46 PM
American journalist Evan Gershkovich arrested in Russia on spying charge
Announcement of his detention provoked criticism from Western authorities and media freedom groups.
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Mar 30th 2023, 1:50 PM
US charges Russian spy who tried to infiltrate International Criminal Court
The Dutch said that if Cherkasov had worked at the ICC, he could have accessed “highly valuable” intelligence on its probe into war crimes in Ukraine.
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Mar 24th 2023, 10:56 PM
Ex-security guard at UK embassy in Germany jailed for 13 years for spying on behalf of Russia
The 58-year-old was sentenced today.
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Feb 17th 2023, 2:11 PM
Last year
2022
Swedish spy and his sibling face life term over Russian allegations
The case is mainly taking place behind closed doors given the “extremely sensitive material” allegedly divulged by the brothers.
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Dec 19th 2022, 10:20 PM
Russian 'spy' arrested following Dutch operation 'not the only' agent to have worked in Ireland
Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov had studied in Ireland under the false Brazilian alias Viktor Muller Ferreira.
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Jun 18th 2022, 12:05 AM
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US navy engineer charged with trying to pass secrets about nuclear-powered subs
Jonathan Toebbe was arrested in West Virginia together with his 45-year-old wife Diana.
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Oct 11th 2021, 7:22 AM
Italian navy captain arrested for passing on 'confidential documents' to the Russians
The Italian foreign affairs ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident.
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Mar 31st 2021, 9:42 AM
Massive cyber attack on US government agencies spreads to other countries
“It’s certain that the number and location of victims will keep growing,” the Microsoft president said.
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Dec 18th 2020, 6:18 PM
Former CIA officer charged with selling US secrets and exposing informants to China
He was tricked into admitting his activities last year by a US undercover agent.
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Aug 18th 2020, 7:36 AM
Government warned about increased threat of foreign espionage in Ireland
An update to the White Paper on Defence 2015 was published this week.
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Dec 14th 2019, 10:34 AM
US extracted spy from Russia amid fears Trump administration mishandled classified intelligence
The source, who had been providing information for decades, had access to Putin and sent pictures of high-level documents.
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Sep 10th 2019, 9:18 AM
Man with triple citizenship charged with espionage in Russia requests Irish consular assistance
Paul Whelan, who has denied the charges, could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
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Jan 4th 2019, 5:30 PM
Russia detains American man suspected of espionage
It’s the latest in a series of espionage cases between Russia and the West.
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Dec 31st 2018, 11:43 AM
China confirms detention of 2 Canadians as tensions rise between countries
The two cases ratchet up pressure on Canada, which is holding Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies.
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Dec 13th 2018, 10:30 AM
Former CIA agent arrested in New York with top secret info listing real identities of undercover spies
The man was found with documents in JFK International Airport.
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Jan 17th 2018, 8:33 AM
Security consultant denies All Blacks 'bugging' charge
Adrian Gard was charged after a device was discovered ahead of New Zealand’s Sydney Test against the Wallabies in August.
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Mar 21st 2017, 8:29 AM
WikiLeaks releases over 8,000 documents 'hacked from CIA'
The files appear to show the CIA wanted to subvert software products and use them as surveillance devices.
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Mar 7th 2017, 4:19 PM
Reports that Putin could hand Edward Snowden over to Donald Trump as a 'gift' dismissed
US channel NBC had reported that Vladimir Putin could give Snowden up in an attempt to ‘curry favour with Trump’.
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Feb 11th 2017, 4:34 PM
Security consultant charged with public mischief for bugging All Blacks in Sydney
The revelation that New Zealand’s meetings had been bugged caused serious tension between the unions.
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Feb 7th 2017, 10:26 AM
Spy chief confirms 'Q' from James Bond is a woman in real life
The agent was always played by a man in the film franchise.
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Jan 27th 2017, 9:31 PM
Chelsea Manning attempted to take her own life, legal team confirms
Manning’s legal team say she will be kept under close observation for several weeks.
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Jul 12th 2016, 8:18 AM
Convicted spy released from prison after 30 years
He has challenged his parole terms, calling them “onerous and oppressive”
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Nov 21st 2015, 9:15 AM
The tactics the Wallabies didn't want you to see... or did they?
We bet Kieran Read is super rattled right now.
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Oct 30th 2015, 6:13 PM
'We even f**ked up fiddling it': The Sunday Times' remarkable World Cup bid allegations
A previously-unseen submission from the newspaper alleges the England 2018 team hired outside agencies to spy on rivals.
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Nov 30th 2014, 9:00 PM
Snowden granted three-year residency in Russia, with permission to travel
“In the future Edward will have to decide whether to continue to live in Russia and become a citizen or to return to the United States,” his lawyer said today.
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Aug 7th 2014, 2:46 PM
Even the Pope has had his phone tapped by the US says Italian magazine
The NSA snooped on Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s residence in the Vatican before he was elected as Pope Francis in March according to Panorama magazine.
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Oct 30th 2013, 4:11 PM
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
The 25-year-old soldier was also dishonourably discharged from the US Army.
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Aug 21st 2013, 3:26 PM
Julian Assange: Bradley Manning didn't get a fair trial
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said the conviction of Bradley Manning on 20 out of 22 counts set a “dangerous precedent”.
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Jul 31st 2013, 8:13 AM
Bolivia's Morales offers asylum to US leaker Snowden
Nicaragua and Venezuela have also offered asylum to the American – one days after denouncing the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane over Europe amid reports that the fugitive was aboard.
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Jul 6th 2013, 4:32 PM
WikiLeaks: Snowden makes 6 new asylum applications
WikiLeaks it would not be identifying the countries involved “due to attempted US interference” in the Edward Snowden’s asylum applications.
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Jul 5th 2013, 6:40 PM
Ed Snowden's dad: 'My son broke the law - but he's no traitor'
Lonnie Snowden reckons his son would be willing to come home as long as authorities agree not to detain him before trial.
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Jun 28th 2013, 3:30 PM
Edward Snowden's choice of Ecuador is riddled with problems
Uncovered documents show the South American country has major surveillance capabilities.
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Jun 26th 2013, 8:30 PM
Former US spy Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong bound for Russia
Snowden’s latest revelations show the NSA was hacking Chinese mobile phone companies to gather data from millions of text messages.
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Jun 23rd 2013, 9:55 AM
US whistleblower Snowden charged with espionage for leaking secret documents
The former government contractor revealed that the NSA collects Americans’ phone records and internet data from US companies.
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Jun 22nd 2013, 11:24 AM
Russian spy case details may be made public
Litvinenko died in November 2006 after ingesting polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope that was secretly slipped into his tea at a London hotel.
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Nov 2nd 2012, 2:48 PM
Mole to blame for Netherlands exit - Sneijder
The Inter Milan midfielder claims that tactics were leaked to the press before games.
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Jun 20th 2012, 10:23 AM
Operation Midnight Climax: how the CIA secretly sent citizens on acid trips
It sounds like a wild conspiracy theory, or film script, but recently declassified documents exposes more about the bizarre project.
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Mar 27th 2012, 7:00 AM
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