The Trump administration on Tuesday disputed reports of a Russian official who was recruited as a spy for the CIA and then evacuated to the United States after revealing information about the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 election.
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An Australian academic has been arrested in China for spying, Beijing said Tuesday, prompting Canberra to demand the country uphold “basic standards” of justice.
Read moreA Moscow court has ruled to keep an American man suspected of spying in prison for two more months.
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A second U.K. police officer was exposed to a Soviet-era nerve agent used in last year’s attack on a former Russian spy in the English city Salisbury, British detectives said Thursday.
Read moreThe Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced Monday it had captured 17 Iranian citizens it believes were trained by America’s CIA. President Donald Trump took to Twitter hours later to claim the reports were false.
Read moreFederal agents descended on the suburban Maryland house with the flash and bang of a stun grenade, blocked off the street and spent hours questioning the homeowner about a theft of government documents that prosecutors would later describe as “breathtaking” in its scale.
Read moreThe U.S. embassy in Moscow said Monday that the Russian government has denied its request to let a doctor examine a former U.S. Marine being held in Russia on spying charges.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union released a trove of documents on Wednesday that show the National Security Agency has improperly collected millions of private phone calls and texts from Americans since about 2015.
Read moreThe U.S. Embassy in Moscow says that it has officially protested the reported mistreatment of a U.S. national who is kept in jail on spying charges.
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An ambitious group of state-backed hackers has been burrowing into telecommunications companies in order to spy on high-profile targets across the world, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said in a report published Tuesday.
Read moreIran has agreed to hand over a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned for years in Tehran to Lebanese officials, an Iranian judiciary official said Tuesday, providing the first official confirmation that Nizar Zakka would be sent back to his native Lebanon.
Read moreA Russian court on Friday extended the arrest for a former U.S. Marine charged with espionage, who complained in court about abuse in custody.
Read moreSentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to act as an agent of Russia, Maria Butina filed an appeal Wednesday with the D.C. Circuit.
Read moreSpyware crafted by a sophisticated group of Israeli hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.
Read moreA Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be “valuable” for Russian officials.
Read moreTestifying before the same Senate committee where Attorney General William Barr accused the FBI of “spying” on President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that he would phrase it differently.
Read moreBlaming herself for actions that she said had destroyed her life, admitted Russian agent Maria Butina made an emotional but ultimately unsuccessful bid Friday to get deported with time served.
Read moreAdmitted Russian agent Maria Butina claims a declaration from a former FBI official wrongfully accuses her of espionage-like activity that she was never charged with.
Read moreIn a sentencing memo filed late Friday, Justice Department prosecutors are seeking an 18-month sentence for Maria Butina for her attempt to gain favor with U.S. gun rights and conservative political groups on behalf of Russia.
Read moreHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday questioned Attorney General William Barr’s independence from President Trump, saying Barr’s pursuit of Trump’s claims about “spying” during the 2016 campaign undermines his position as the nation’s top law enforcement officer.
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