WikiLeaks Founder Lands on Wanted Lists Around the World

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2010 WikiLeaks honcho Julian Assange probably didn't reckon that he could royally tick off so many key players from various global power centers with his site's revelatory antics and emerge unscathed, and by Tuesday it was clear . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spy Agencies Out of Control

Patrick Chappatte, The International Herald Tribune Jul 26, 2010 Dig deeper

What Is the Point of All This Spying?

Norman Birnbaum / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 Walter Kendall Myers, a former Foreign Service officer, has been sent to prison for life for espionage on behalf of Cuba. Did he knew anything at all that could remotely be termed "secret"?Walter Kendall Myers has been sent to prison for life for espionage on behalf of Cuba. Did he knew anything at all that could remotely be termed "secret?" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Accused Russian Spies Plead Guilty

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2010 On Thursday, 10 members of an alleged Russian spy ring pleaded guilty of espionage in a New York courtroom -- a move which, as previous reports suggested, could lead to a prisoner swap between Russia and the U.S. Ah, Cold War nostalgia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. and Russia Set to Swap Spies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2010 The family of a Russian scientist convicted in 2004 of spying for the CIA says he and nine other prisoners were being prepared for an exchange brokered by U.S. and Russian authorities. The deal would reportedly see the return of the alleged Russian spies who were recently arrested on American soil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Soldier Facing Criminal Charges for Leaking to WikiLeaks (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2010 He's been hailed as a hero for allegedly publicizing classified video of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed 12 civilians in Iraq, but now Pfc. Bradley E. Manning is catching heat from the military for the WikiLeaks exposé. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russian Spy Has Confessed, Authorities Say

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2010 Federal prosecutors claimed Thursday that one of the alleged Russian spies confessed to working for the Russian foreign intelligence service. Uncle Sam is trying to keep the accused in custody, fearing they might otherwise try to flee, armed no doubt with bullet pens, microdots and perhaps even a briefcase jetpack. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Accused Russian Spies Rekindle Cold War Passions

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2010 Russian authorities are up in arms over the arrest of 11 Russians accused of spying on the U.S. The FBI announced the arrests Monday, "in the spirit of the spy novel intrigues of the Cold War era," as the Russian Foreign Ministry put it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Scientist Charged With Espionage

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 American scientist Stewart David Nozette, who has worked for NASA, the Pentagon and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and even did a stint at the White House, could spend the rest of his life in jail after being charged with passing secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Elderly Couple Arrested as Spies

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2009 A 72-year-old former State Department employee and his 71-year-old wife were arrested Thursday on charges of spying for the Cuban government. An undercover FBI agent reportedly tricked the couple into giving up their secret after they allegedly had been engaged in espionage for 30 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Rep. Harman Mixed Up With AIPAC, Espionage and Alberto Gonzales

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2009 Rep. Jane Harman agreed to go to bat for two AIPAC officials accused of espionage, in exchange for which an Israeli spy would try to get her appointed to chair the House Intelligence Committee, according to Congressional Quarterly. The NSA reportedly captured an exchange between Harman and the spy, during which the congresswoman allegedly said, "This conversation doesn't exist." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Holmes on ‘The Lost Spy’

BLANK Oct 3, 2008 Former Time correspondent Andrew Meier presents a riveting exhumation of the previously unknown story of Cy Oggins, an early American-Jewish communist who spied for the Soviets and was killed by them in 1947. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )