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US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
A Justice Department indictment charges Monica Elfriede Witt, who defected in 2013 and is currently at-large, along with four Iranian hackers who, prosecutors say, used the information she provided to target former colleagues in the U.S. intelligence community.
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Family of American detained in Russia details ‘strange’ occurrences
Paul Whelan’s twin brother recounts how he found out the Michigan man was being detained in Russia, accused of espionage — and intelligence experts weigh in on why he might have been targeted.
2 months ago -
Correction: Russia-US-Spying story
Russia’s deputy foreign minister brushed back suggestions Saturday that an American being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian citizen.
2 months ago -
EXCLUSIVE: Russian, Chinese espionage pose difficult challenge for FBI
Caught in a seemingly unending stream of ongoing spy scandals with the Kremlin — and a swell of Chinese espionage cases — the FBI appears to be facing its stiffest counterintelligence challenges in decades.
3 months ago -
US ambassador meets with American held for spying in Russia
Paul Whelan was arrested in Moscow on Friday. The Russian Federal Security Service, in announcing the arrest three days later, said Whelan was caught “during an espionage operation,” but gave no details.
3 months ago -
US citizen arrested in Russia on spying charges
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, the top KGB successor agency, said Paul Whelan was detained in Moscow on Friday. The agency said in Monday’s statement that he was caught “during an espionage operation,” but didn’t give any details.
3 months ago -
Woman accused of being Russian spy could be near a plea deal
Lawyers for Maria Butina and federal prosecutors wrote in the joint court filing that they “remain optimistic about a pretrial resolution” of her case.
4 months ago -
US negotiating possible ‘resolution’ in Russian agent case
Lawyers for Maria Butina and prosecutors in Washington made the disclosure in a joint court filing , the first acknowledgement that the 30-year-old is potentially working on a plea deal or some other conclusion to her case.
4 months ago -
Assassins Inc.: The Kremlin’s secret squad of killers Part 3 — Russia’s deadly threat to the US
The mysterious nature of Russian oligarch Mikhail Y. Lesin’s death in 2015 still bothers many intelligence and law enforcement officials because of concerns that it might have actually been a Kremlin assassination on U.S. soil. Here’s the last installment of WTOP’s “Assassins Inc.: The Kremlin’s secret squad of killers” series.
5 months ago -
Mueller clears way for Michael Flynn sentencing
Special counsel Robert Mueller is ready for a judge to sentence former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, prosecutors said in a court filing Monday.
6 months ago -
Taiwan-Born Naval Officer Charged with Espionage
The U.S. official told ABC News that preliminary indications point to possible espionage for either China or Taiwan, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI are continuing to investigate the case.
3 years ago
