Espionage

Hero or criminal? Court hears 2 views of WikiLeaks’ Assange

LONDON (AP) — Truth-telling journalist or reckless criminal: A British judge was given two conflicting portraits of Juli...
16:48 24 February 2022

US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London co...
14:16 23 February 2022

Equifax hack highlights China interest in U.S. personal data

BOSTON — In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies including Westinghou...
22:33 11 February 2022

Barr warns against Chinese ‘dominance’ in wireless networks

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr waded into ongoing diplomatic tensions between the United States and China on Thursday, decrying what he sa...
16:35 6 February 2022

Self-confessed Chinese spy spills secrets in Australia

PERTH, Australia — A self-confessed Chinese spy has given Australia's counterespionage agency inside intelligence on how Beijing conducts its interfer...
5:34 23 November 2021

Ex-CIA officer gets 19 years in China spy conspiracy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA case agent was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for an espionage conspiracy with China.
19:56 22 November 2021

Activists: Iran conservationists get prison time amid unrest

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Six conservationists working to save the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah have been sentenced to prison on internat...
6:30 21 November 2021