U.S. Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons January 6 triggered a widespread movement within the Department of Defense to identify any “right-wing extremists” within the ranks. The Secretary of Defense ordered an “extremism down day,” and studies were commissioned to discover how deep “extremism” had rooted itself in the …
Read More »Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced to death on China spy charges
Yang has been detained for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected. Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was detained in China on espionage charges in 2019, has been handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing. The terms of the sentence mean Yang’s …
Read More »Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions
When Thomas Wong set foot in the United States Embassy in Beijing this summer for a new diplomatic posting, it was vindication after years of battling the State Department over a perceived intelligence threat — himself. Diplomatic Security officers had informed him when he joined the foreign service more than …
Read More »Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.
The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy district fell short of their needs. The spies asked for an artificial intelligence program that would create instant dossiers on …
Read More »South Korea launches first spy satellite amid space race with rival North
Satellite launch comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its ability to monitor nuclear-armed North Korea. South Korea has launched its first spy satellite using a rocket operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The launch on Saturday came less than two weeks after rival North Korea announced it had successfully launched its …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine war: Wife of Ukranian military spy chief poisoned – Kyiv says
The wife of Ukraine’s military spy chief has been poisoned with heavy metals and is undergoing treatment, the Kyiv government has revealed . A spokesperson for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, or GUR, said Marianna Budanova, wife of Kyrylo Budanov, was receiving treatment in hospital. “Yes, I can confirm …
Read More »Allied Spy Chiefs Warn of Chinese Espionage Targeting Tech Firms
The United States and its allies vowed this week to do more to counter Chinese theft of technology, warning at an unusual gathering of intelligence leaders that Beijing’s espionage is increasingly trained not on the hulking federal buildings of Washington but the shiny office complexes of Silicon Valley. The intelligence …
Read More »Behind a Senator’s Indictments, a Foreign Spy Service Works Washington
“What else can the love of my life do for you?” asked Nadine Arslanian, the girlfriend of Senator Robert Menendez. She posed the question at a cozy dinner at a steakhouse in May 2019 attended by Gen. Ahmed Helmy, Egypt’s top spy in Washington. The discussion was revealed in a …
Read More »In Risky Hunt for Secrets, U.S. and China Expand Global Spy Operations
As China’s spy balloon drifted across the continental United States in February, American intelligence agencies learned that President Xi Jinping of China had become enraged with senior Chinese military generals. The spy agencies had been trying to understand what Mr. Xi knew and what actions he would take as the …
Read More »‘He may already be dead, the real Putin hasn?t been seen in more than a year’ – Ukraine Spy chief claims Russian president uses body double
Ukraine’s intelligence chief Major-General Kyrylo Budanov, has claimed the ‘real’ Vladimir Putin has not been seen for more than a year – adding that he does not even know if he’s still alive. Major-General Kyrylo Budanov in an interview put credence to claims the Russian president uses doppelgängers for public …
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