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Michael Casey (L) is shown here with U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 12, 2023. Casey is now the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.

The U.S. counterintelligence head says the list of threats is long and getting longer

10:41am April 12, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Mike Casey tells NPR that the scale of spying against the United States is "impressive and terrifying." He says: "More players are getting into it with more tools, going after more targets."

U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, talks to the press 11 July 2001.

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Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

10:21pm December 04, 2023

by Greg Allen

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

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Former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee was sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiracy to spy for China.

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Ex-CIA Officer Sentenced To 19 Years For Conspiracy To Spy For China

8:11pm November 22, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Officials say Jerry Chun Shing Lee received more than $840,000 from Chinese officials in exchange for U.S. secrets. His Chinese handlers said they would "take care of him for life."

Actor Roger Moore, who played secret agent James Bond in the '70s and '80s, holds a martini. A new book written by a former CIA agent details how restaurants and cafes "are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage."

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Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Agent Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft

2:11pm October 16, 2019

by Nina Martyris

"Restaurants and cafés are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage," says Amaryllis Fox in a new book. They're ideal places to clandestinely meet people with access to a government or terrorist group.

Russia's Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week.

U.S. Citizen Arrested In Moscow On Suspicion Of Spying

1:32pm December 31, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Russia says Paul Whelan was detained on Friday while on a spy mission. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on espionage charges.

This undated family photo shows Matthew Hedges with his wife, Daniela Tejada. On Wednesday, Hedges was convicted of spying and given a life sentence by a court in the United Arab Emirates.

World News

British Man Accused Of Spying Is Sentenced To Life In Prison In UAE

3:14pm November 21, 2018

by Amy Held

Matthew Hedges, 31, was detained at Dubai International Airport on May 5 after a two-week research trip for his doctoral thesis on Emirati security and foreign policy, according to his wife.

Former U.S. Intelligence Officer Charged With Selling Secrets To China

6:52am June 05, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Ron Rockwell Hansen, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, was seized by federal agents en route to the Seattle airport, where prosecutors say he meant to board a China-bound flight.

World News

Ex-Russian Who Spied For U.K. Critically Ill After Exposure To 'Unknown Substance'

3:37pm March 05, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Sergei Skripal, 66, fell ill in a Salisbury shopping mall on Sunday. He was convicted in 2006 of having handed over the identities of Russian spies to MI6.

The New York Times says the investigation took place against a backdrop of a major breach of CIA informants in China that began around 2010.

Ex-CIA Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Exposing U.S. Spy Network In China

1:26pm January 17, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Jerry Chung Shing Lee, 53, was arrested at New York's JFK airport on Monday, capping a six-year investigation that began when the FBI searched his hotel room in 2012, uncovering classified notes.