Espionage

Trump granted clemency to dozens of people in the final hours of his presidency.

Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years, is being considered for a prisoner swap.

The Netherlands said that the two Russians were seeking information on artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and nanotechnology.

A offensive-oriented cyber warfare strategy is reckless.

Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, is accused of espionage after allegedly sharing military information for years.

A former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces was arrested Friday after allegedly providing military secrets to "self-proclaimed members of Russia's Intelligence Service."

Alexander Yuk Ching Ma—a naturalized U.S. citizen—was arrested last week accused of working for Chinese intelligence for a decade.

The U.K has announced it will ban the Chinese technology giant from the country's 5G network. Washington has said the company poses a security risk.

"If Beijing cannot develop technology on its own, it attempts to steal it from the United States using cyber espionage," read a 2019 letter from U.S. lawmakers.

The U.S. has responded angrily to the conviction of Whelan for receiving classified information and his sentence to 16 years' hard labor.

National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien said China is likely using espionage to try and steal U.S. coronavirus vaccine research, but he declared American scientists would develop it first.

Manning has been imprisoned after her refusal to testify before a grand jury about her connection with WikiLeaks.

Researchers in Iran were given sentences for up to ten years after being arrested on charges of being American spies.

Butina served 18 months in a Florida prison for trying to infiltrate the NRA and build ties with high-ranking U.S. conservatives.

John Yoo, who penned the infamous Bush-era "Torture Memos," suggested that Vindman's Ukrainian background should be cause for concern.

Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) claimed in a tweet Friday that convicted Russian agent Maria Butina was jailed due to "Russophobia" and "filing the wrong paperwork." Butina was released from a low security prison and deported Friday after serving 15 months of an 18 month sentence.

Kim Dong Chul was one of three American citizens released from North Korean prisons and returned to the U.S. in 2018.

Yi-Chi Shih sourced sensitive microchips from an American company whose customers include the U.S. Air Force and DARPA.

"In no way should Huawei be used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations," U.S. senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio wrote in a letter, published today.

Assange was too ill to appear via video link for a hearing in U.K. court over extradition to the United States.

Over half a century, first the Soviet Union and then Russia have made numerous efforts—some successful—to penetrate the United States, recruit spies, and plant agents of influence.

The radical approach to turncoats has split the intelligence community. "Don't think I didn't know that people would choke on this," says David Charney, a CIA-connected psychiatrist.

"These new bombers will have additional capabilities, with full-spectrum upgrades compared with current operational bomber fleets," a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency revealed.

"The real intent of the United States is to employ its state apparatus in every conceivable way to suppress and block out China's high-tech companies," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

Moscow has said that Paul Whelan was caught while accepting a USB stick with the names of employees at a secret state organization.

The family of Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen detained in Russia for allegedly spying, said he was a retired Marine who was in Moscow for a wedding.

He had been tasked with collecting biographical information on possible espionage recruits.

A spokesman for the Norwegian police said the suspect would be held for two weeks to keep him from destroying evidence.

China is responsible for over 90 percent of cyber-enabled economic espionage in the United States, a report reveals.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to prison for five years in September 2016, charged with trying to overthrow the Iranian regime.