Espionage and Intelligence

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Elderly US couple pleads guilty in Cuba spy case

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years has pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said. Walter Myers, 72, a former State Department official with ...

Israel arrests West Bank security agents: Palestinians

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Israeli forces on Saturday arrested members of the Palestinian Authority's intelligence services in the occupied West Bank for the second day in a row, Palestinian security sources said. Three members of the intelligence services and two other Palestinians were arrested at dawn ...

Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba

Reuters US Online Report Top News 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and, with the help of ...

CIA chief in Pakistan talks: PM's office

AFP American Edition 5 days ago

CIA chief Leon Panetta on Friday held talks in Pakistan and found agreement on intelligence cooperation as President Barack Obama nears a decision on troop deployments to Afghanistan, Islamabad said. Panetta held talks with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Washington's policy ...

UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis

AP News 9 days ago

UK war criminal says troops kicked and punched Iraqi prisoners Britain's first convicted war criminal said Monday that some of his fellow soldiers frequently beat Iraqi detainees. Former Cpl. Donald Payne, who was jailed for a year in the death of hotel ...

CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report

AFP South Asian Edition 9 days ago

The CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials. The CIA's financial support accounts for as much as one-third ...

Reports: Iran ex-deputy minister jailed in Israel

AP News 10 days ago

Iranian news reports say missing ex-deputy defense minister abducted and jailed in Israel An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian news ...

PAKISTAN CAR BOMB

AP News 11 days ago

Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where suicide car bombs exploded at the main spy agency building and police station Copyright 2009 AP News

Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama

Reuters US Online Report Top News 12 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would hold to account those who missed warning signs that could have prevented a shooting rampage on a Texas army base earlier this month that killed 13 people. "If there was ...

PAKISTAN SPY BOMB

AP News 13 days ago

Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where a suicide car bomb exploded at main spy agency building Copyright 2009 AP News

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