http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/espionage/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:53:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421598/posts The Bard tells us, rightly, that the past is prologue. But until America's greatest military intelligence success -- and failure -- becomes common knowledge Americans will remain intellectual sitting ducks, herded hither and yon, hoping to build a sheltering future on shaky misinformation. I'm talking about the Venona Code intercepts: The 3000 encrypted communications between Soviet spies operating in this country and their masters in Moscow, which American and British code breakers began deciphering in 1946. These KGB messages revealed that the Soviets had agents at the highest levels of the executive and legislative branches of our government -- and... Southwest News-Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421598/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:53:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419719/posts A British spy endured the frostiest treatment the Soviet Union could deliver at the height of the Cold War. The naval attaché was pounced on and debagged at minus 27 degrees by KGB agents who spotted him spying in Leningrad. The incident in February 1979 was deemed so sensitive that confidential reports, including references to the removal of the attaché's trousers, were sent to the then Prime Minister, Jim Callaghan. Cabinet papers released by the National Archives under the 30-year rule this weekend show how the episode involving Lieutenant-Commander Aubone Pyke was hushed up before a visit to Moscow by... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419719/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:27:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412105/posts Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Mr Chavez said the aircraft overflew a Venezuelan military base in the western state of Zulia after taking off from neighbouring Columbia. He did not elaborate, but suggested the plane was being used for espionage. "These are the Yankees. They are entering Venezuela," he said. "I've ordered them to be shot down," Mr Chavez said of the aircraft. "We cannot permit this." The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412105/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409426/posts Iraqi insurgents intercepted Predator drone communications using $26 tool, according to report Insurgents in Iraq were able to intercept video images transmitted by the US army’s unmanned spy planes using software cheaply available on the Internet, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The insurgents were not able to control the Predator drones, but military personnel told the newspaper that tactical advantages may have been compromised by the breach. It came to light when US soldiers captured a laptop belonging to insurgents, and found that it contained video images from a Predator drone. The WSJ report cites a... Information Age http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409426/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396863/posts Boris Johnson's deputy: 'I had sex with a Chinese spy' EXCLUSIVE by Kate Mansey 29/11/2009 Beauty lures politician to bed then drugs him to take secrets Boris Johnson's deputy was lured into a classic honeytrap by a beautiful Chinese agent in scenes which could have come straight out of a spy novel. Ian Clement went up to his Beijing hotel room for sex with the secret service siren... but was drugged and came round hours later to find his room had been ransacked. The London Mayor's No 2 discovered the woman had rifled through confidential documents and downloaded details about... Mirror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396863/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396556/posts CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:43am EST By Soyoung Kim DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies. "There is a lot of talk, and nobody likes it," said Hamze Chehade, a 48-year-old Lebanese-American, taking a bite of his chicken shawarma. In dire need of agents fluent in Arabic, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has made an unusual public show of its recruiting effort in Dearborn -- a city of 100,000 with... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396556/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:30:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394701/posts An Iranian-American scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, is facing a new charge of spying. A judge read new charges against him of “spying for the George Soros foundation,” a reference to the Open Society Institute, a pro-democracy group founded by Mr. Soros, a prominent financier and philanthropist. He was sentenced in October to 15 years for working as a consultant for the Open Society Institute, which the indictment identified as an adjunct of the C.I.A. Tehran has accused the Open Society Institute of trying to stage a “velvet revolution” in Iran along the lines of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394701/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388275/posts A federal appeals court has ordered a civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case that originated in Minnesota to begin serving her prison sentence. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan today also upheld Lynne Stewart's conviction, which was based in part on illegally aiding her client, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, during a visit with him at the federal prison in Rochester, Minn., in May 2000. She was convicted of smuggling messages between Abdel-Rahman and a terrorist group. Stewart was sentenced to a little more than two years in prison. StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388275/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387134/posts Meet the men who passed through the Iron Curtain in this fascinating program about the priests trained by the Vatican to infiltrate the USSR and minister to the people suffering under communist oppression. Sun 11/15/09 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT Tues 11/17/09 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT Fri 11/20/09 4 AM ET / 1 AM PT PT EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387134/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:25:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383982/posts MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. Ginzburg won the 2003 Nobel physics prize for developing the theory behind superconductors, materials which allow electricity to pass without resistance at very low temperatures. He shared the prize with British-American Anthony Leggett and Russian-born U.S. scientist Alexei Abrikosov. But Ginzburg's career as a Soviet scientist almost ended when he took as his second wife a woman arrested in... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383982/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:40:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383654/posts /begin my excerpts [Weekly Chosun] Sino-N. Korean 'Intel War' /snip In October, 2006, when N. Korea did their first nuclear test, there were spies who sneaked in from Chinese fishing boat off the shore of Hwa-dae(near the test site.) They wanted to install GPS system in Hwa-dae and tried to obtain samples from N. Korea's nuclear test, but N. Korean State Security got them. N. Korea made no announcement to the outside about this incident. They nabbed the entire team and executed them without trial. According to a N. Korean defector, he was told by a security agent, "We found... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383654/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:29:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382080/posts Three American hikers who have been detained in Iran after crossing into the country from Iraq have been charged with espionage, according to reports by Iran's State News Agency. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, have been detained in Iran since July 31. Their families say they entered the Islamic Republic accidentally while hiking in a scenic area of northern Iraq. The families, who have had no contact with the detainees, released videos in October that showed them dancing and singing before they were captured by Iranian authorities. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382080/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378589/posts A judge in Milan convicted 23 Americans today of the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003, culminating a landmark trial that gave a look into the secret world of CIA renditions of terror suspects. Judge Oscar Magi acquitted three Americans, including the former CIA station chief in Italy, because they had diplomatic immunity when a secret team abducted militant cleric Abu Omar in Milan and flew him to Egypt, where he underwent months of torture and abuse. The Americans were tried in absentia, and given that the U.S. government has long declined to cooperate with the prosecution, it seemed... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378589/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378086/posts Former Israeli double agent shot dead near Putin's office Shabtai Kalmanovich, a former Israeli double agent who penetrated Golda Meir's government on behalf of the KGB, has been shot dead in Moscow. By Andrew Osborn in Moscow and Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem Published: 7:00AM GMT 03 Nov 2009 Kalmanovich, who later became a prominent businessman and allegedly had links with the Russian mafia, died after an unidentified gunman fired at least 20 shots into his chauffeur-driven Mercedes Benz. Mr Kalmanovich's driver was seriously wounded in the incident. /snip After becoming an Israeli citizen, he joined the Israeli Labour Party, was... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378086/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:14:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376922/posts China's "father of space program" mourned across country (Source: Xinhua) 2009-11-02 　 People in deep sorrow come to express condolences in a small mourning hall that was set up at Qian Xuesen's home, Beijing, Nov. 1, 2009. Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, died of illness in Beijing Saturday morning at the age of 98. He led the country's missile and aviation programs and played a significant role in developing China's first man-made earth satellite. (Xinhua/Gao Xueyu) 　 　　BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The death of China's legendary scientist Qian Xuesen has plunged many Chinese into deep sorrow and people... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376922/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:03:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376517/posts Qian Xuesen, a former Caltech scientist who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before being deported in 1955 on suspicion of being a Communist and who became known as the father of China's space and missile programs, has died. He was 98...Qian was credited with leading China to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles, reconnaissance satellites and to put a human in space in 2003. The man deemed responsible for these technological feats also was labeled a spy in the 1999 Cox Report issued by Congress after an investigation into how classified information had been obtained by the Chinese. Qian,... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376517/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374579/posts From the FBI press release on last night’s Dearborn, MI raid-turned-shootout that left radical Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, aka Christopher Thomas dead: Abdullah was the leader of part of a group that calls themselves Ummah (“the brotherhood”), a group of mostly African-American converts to Islam, which seeks to establish a separate Sharia-law governed state within the United States. The Ummah is ruled by Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rapp Brown, who is serving a state sentence in USP Florence, CO, ADMAX, for the murder of two police officers in Georgia.Interesting to note the active tense used in the... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374579/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:22:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371132/posts This is a rather strange story. It has the elements of truth and the elements of deception. It sounds too far fetched to be true, but has the components of veracity. It is the story of Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, a physicist who worked at Los Alamos for many years and may be accused of treason for passing classified information to the Venezuelan Government or someone claiming to represent it. The story has too many inconsistencies to be the truth, but at the same time, has many consistencies that suggest there is some truth to the whole thing... Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni... The Devil's Excrement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371132/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:03:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371114/posts Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro, cooperated with the CIA in the 1960s -- a time when the U.S. agency was plotting to assassinate Fidel and overthrow his revolution -- according to an exclusive Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her newly published book. The report also revealed that Juanita, who broke with her brothers' revolution in 1964, hid government opponents in her home; that Fidel refused to visit her because the house was ``surrounded by worms;'' and that their mother often intervened with Raúl to help Castro critics, jailed or fugitive. Described as the Castro family's best-kept... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371114/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:45:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368196/posts WASHINGTON -- The Chinese government is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S., a congressional advisory panel found, citing an example of a carefully orchestrated campaign against one U.S. company that appears to have been sponsored by Beijing. The unnamed company was just one of several successfully penetrated by a campaign of cyberespionage, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report to be released Thursday. Chinese espionage operations are "straining the U.S. capacity to respond," the report concludes... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368196/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366391/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Maryland Scientist Charged with Attempted Espionage WASHINGTON—A Maryland scientist who once worked in varying capacities for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested for attempted espionage, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director for the FBI’s Washington Field Office, announced today. A criminal complaint unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges Stewart David Nozette, 52, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, with attempted espionage for... WashingtonDC.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366391/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366111/posts A scientist who worked for the US Defense Department, a White House space counsel and other agencies was arrested Monday on espionage charges. Department said Stewart David Nozette, 52, of suburban Chevy Chase, Maryland, was charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to communicate, deliver and transmit classified information to an individual he believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer. The complaint does not allege that the government of Israel or anyone acting on its behalf violated US law. Nozette was arrested Monday by FBI agents. He is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in Washington on... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366111/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364197/posts MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday jailed a Serbian national for eight years for attempting to pass secrets about Russian missile and other defense projects to a Pentagon intermediary, Interfax news agency reported on Friday. Aleksandar Georgijevic took his orders from a U.S. citizen who worked for a firm acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, Interfax reported. In 1998, Georgijevic attempted to collect information on a number of Russian military projects, including the Iskander tactical missiles and the R-500, a supersonic cruise missile. But only information on the "Arena" tank protection system was passed on... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364197/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:38:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362219/posts In the wake of the sensational ACORN video sting operation by two young investigators, an even more daring, dangerous and devastating undercover investigation – this one infiltrating the nation's most aggressive Muslim "civil rights" organization for six months – has resulted in stunning revelations about the supposedly "moderate" group, backed up by 12,000 pages of documents and 300 hours of covert video obtained during the secret op. As revealed in a new book detailing the operation and its findings, the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is not the beneficent Muslim civil-rights group it claims to be. Rather,... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362219/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:22:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362231/posts House Republicans accuse Muslim group of trying to plant spies By Jordy Yager - 10/14/09 11:01 AM ET Four House Republicans are accusing a Muslim advocacy group of trying to plant spies. Republican members of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus say the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), tried to plant “spies” within key national security committees to shape legislative policy in its favor. Reps. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.), and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) - citing the recently released book, “Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America” – called for the House... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362231/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:37:31 GMT