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Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:55:21 -0400

MOSCOW - The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.

Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:11:05 -0400

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.

Crucial evidence to be secret in Litvinenko probe

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:19 -0400

LONDON - A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the 2006 poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko ruled Friday he has to exclude evidence on whether the Russian state was involved in the killing, drawing bitter criticism from the former Russian security agent's widow and adding further doubts to an already much-delayed probe.

Even after Cold War, US-Russia spy game continues

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:38:55 -0400

WASHINGTON - The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes can't prevent capture.

Va ex-sailor pleads not guilty to espionage charge

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:14:16 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - A former sailor pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to additional charges that he passed classified documents to individuals he believed represented the Russian government.

Wigs? A map? Strange stuff in alleged US spy kit

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:13:10 -0400

MOSCOW - A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really?

Diplomat in Russian spy scandal from St. Louis Co.

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:58:06 -0400

ST. LOUIS - The U.S. diplomat caught up in a spying investigation in Russia has family in suburban St. Louis and graduated from high school there.

Conditions set for Hawaii defense contractor bail

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:09:33 -0400

HONOLULU - A federal judge in Hawaii is setting conditions for the pretrial release of a defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend.

Russia's FSB releases alleged letter on US spying

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:07 -0400

MOSCOW - Russia's Federal Security Service has released a photograph of a letter that it claims contains instructions on spying for the United States. The FSB said the letter was found on a U.S. diplomat, who they claim is a CIA officer caught trying to recruit a member of one of Russia's special services. There was no immediate response from the U.S. State Department. This is the Associated Press' translation of the typewritten letter shown on Russian state television channels:

Spies caught in website scandal embarrass SKorea

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:33:27 -0400

SEOUL, South Korea - The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people.

Cuban spy officially stripped of US citizenship

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:33:36 -0400

HAVANA - A Cuban intelligence agent who served 13 years in a U.S. prison has officially been stripped of his American citizenship.

Woman who ran secret prison bypassed as top spy

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:16 -0400

WASHINGTON - One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job.

Cuban spy unrepentant, but hopes for better ties

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:09:18 -0400

HAVANA - A Cuban intelligence agent who spent 13 years in a U.S. prison said Monday he still has affection for America and hopes to see the two countries reconcile, but added that he does not regret for a moment his decision to spy for Cuba.

US judge allows spy to stay in Cuba

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:32:48 -0400

MIAMI - One of the convicted spies known as the "Cuban Five" will be able to permanently remain in Cuba in exchange for renouncing his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Friday after U.S. officials dropped their initial opposition.

Indians angry at convicted spy's death in Pakistan

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:42:37 -0400

NEW DELHI - Indians expressed outrage over the death Thursday of a convicted Indian spy who was bludgeoned with a brick by two fellow inmates at a Pakistani prison. Government officials said the incident had badly damaged relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.

Judge gives major break in GM theft case

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:52:57 -0400

DETROIT - A former General Motors engineer convicted of stealing thousands of pages of hybrid technology was sentenced Wednesday to just a year and a day in prison, far below the punishment sought by the government in a case that involved her husband and an alleged scheme to take the trade secrets to China.

Dutch diplomat sentenced to 12 years for spying

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:28:21 -0400

AMSTERDAM - A Dutch court sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison Tuesday for delivering confidential NATO and European Union documents to Russian agents. The case, one of the worst spying affairs in the Netherlands in memory, is linked to that of a couple on trial in Germany on similar charges.