Harold James "Jim" Nicholson, a 16-year CIA veteran, was sentenced to more than 1997 years in prison for espionage in 23, but he continued his sabotage from behind bars - tasking his son with maintaining contact with the Russians on the outside. ...
The 2020 attempt by Russian spies to assassinate a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent on US soil signals a major shift in how the US intelligence community views the threat faced by foreign informants vital to intelligence gathering in…
On June 5, one of the most famous Soviet spies in the United States, former FBI special agent Robert Hanssen, died at the age of 79 in a federal prison in Florence, Colorado. For more than 20 years, Hanssen managed to quietly cooperate first with the Soviet, and then with ...
The United States has asked Brazil to extradite alleged Russian spy Sergei Cherkasov. In Brazil, he is serving a prison sentence for using false documents in the name of a Brazilian citizen. The Voice of America writes about it. According to The Washington Post, the request was sent...
The Department of Defense believes the balloon seen over Montana is a reconnaissance balloon from China, a senior agency official said. This writes CBS News. The official said the US has urgently contacted Chinese officials and US President Joe Biden has been informed…
Leslie Absher's father worked for the CIA. To this day, she struggles to come to terms with his complicated legacy. She has written a memoir about her life, the secrets of her family and why the facts should matter to all of us. For Leslie...
Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, a famous scientist, a citizen of Mexico and a resident of Singapore, led a double game and a double life on two continents and with two families - Mexican and Russian, reports the BBC. He was arrested in February 2020 at the Miami airport...
In the early 1980s, the CIA made a series of stunning arrests. The revelation of three prominent Russian spies - Aldrich Ames, Edward Lee Howard and Robert Hanssen - was one of the most devastating leaks the agency has ever known. However, as a former officer said…
The Ministry of Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has published a list of more than 600 alleged Russian spies operating in Europe. The Fox News edition told in more detail. The Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published a "list of employees of the FSB of the Russian Federation." The FSB is the successor to the KGB, the infamous Russian intelligence arm. List,…
Former editor of the Russian Service of Radio Liberty, Oleg Tumanov, is called the "ideal spy": in Soviet times he worked at the radio station for 20 years, simultaneously transmitting information to the Soviet special services, and none of his colleagues ever suspected him. Friends and subordinates learned about the double ...