Spy

James Bond is nothing without his gadgets, and one again Q provides him with plenty to work with in the latest 007 movie "No Time To Die."

Rumors about the state security minister's high-profile defection to the United States had been circulating in America's conservative circles for several weeks.

Chinese state security official Dong Jingwei reportedly took part in a Shanghai Pact secretaries meeting on Wednesday, while U.S. government sources told Newsweek that rumors about his alleged defection were untrue.

Rumors about the Chinese intelligence official's alleged defection to the United States began circulating earlier this month.

The president's flurry of pardons include former Israeli air force colonel Aviem Sella, who recruited the infamous spy Jonathan Pollard.

The threat of the Chinese Communist dictatorship penetrating the United States is a crisis right now.

"Were you all aware of this tie to a Chinese spy prior to [Eric Swalwell] being put on the committee?" Republican House Minority Whip Steve Scalise asked.

The U.S. is now flying an average of three to five sorties through the South China Sea every day.

The birds were put to work patrolling the seas as part of a six-month academic study that proved successful in detecting fishing boats with their Automatic Identification System switched off.

The unnamed informant's family reportedly suffered under Islamic State rule prompting him to seek revenge, General Mazloum Abdi said.

The official, since named by Russian media, had reportedly been supplying intelligence to the U.S. for decades.

Media reports say Oleg Smolenkov left Moscow with his family and may have moved to Washington DC.

U.S. Southern Command has been testing as many as 25 balloons over the Midwest, which can float at 65,000 feet and capture video of whole cities.

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

Vladimir Padrino Lopez refused to back the uprising and has remained loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.

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.

Whelan was detained on December 28 after having traveled to Russia to allegedly attend a wedding.

"In Russia, we conduct counterintelligence activity against those suspected of espionage," said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

"The U.S. side has not contacted the Russian side on that matter any more," a Kremlin spokesperson said.

Paul Whelan, 48, was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.

The arrest happened shortly after Maria Butina pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the U.S. by attempting to infiltrate Republican political circles on behalf of the Russian government.

Maria Butina has agreed to cooperate with investigators and provide information about Russian government efforts to infiltrate GOP political circles.

Intelligence officers have been investigating the senior civil servant since last March.

The 1993 killing of Freddie Woodruff, the CIA branch chief in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, left unanswered questions. Texas lawyer Michael Pullara talks to Newsweek about his work to uncover the truth about Woodruff's death.

"Your work defending your client needs to happen in this courtroom, not on the public airwaves," a judge told Maria Butina's lawyer.

Israel's spy chief said his country "has taken military action more than 200 times within Syria" to target Iran's growing influence there.

Accused Russian agent Maria Butina managed to weave herself into a web of conservative business dealings, including a jet fuel deal with the wife of the former National Rifle Association president.

The U.S. is expected to slap Moscow with new sanctions on electronics, but President Vladimir Putin has yet to announce how he may return fire.

China claimed the disputed Spratly Islands as its own and told a U.S. Navy spy plane flying over to "avoid any misunderstanding."

The man told police he did it for "the thrill and the risk of being caught."