CIA Agent Humiliated In Moscow After Being Arrested For Spying

 

Cloak, Dagger And A Blond Wig? FSB Says CIA Agent Nabbed In Moscow (VIDEO, PHOTOS) -- RT 

Promises of millions, a new face and detailed instructions on a double-agent conspiracy in Moscow.

Bearing the hallmarks of a Cold War spy thriller, Russia’s counterintelligence agency says it caught a CIA officer trying to flip a Russian operative.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) Public Relations Center announced that detained individual was Ryan Christopher Fogle, a career diplomat working as the third secretary of the Political Section of the American embassy in Moscow.

The agency stressed that Christopher had “special technical equipment” in his possession, including an additional wig, a microphone, multiple pairs of dark sunglasses and a lot of cash in euro – along with a Moscow atlas, a compass, two knives, and an American Bic lighter.

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More News On The Capture And Expulsion Of A CIA Agent In Moscow  

Russia to expel 'CIA agent' in spy recruitment scandal -- BBC
Russia expels U.S. diplomat for alleged spying -- USA Today
Russian FSB will expel US diplomat accused of working for CIA -- FOX News/AP
Ryan C. Fogle, U.S. diplomat accused of spying, ordered to leave Russia -- Washington Post
Russia Detains American, Saying He Is C.I.A. Officer -- New York Times
Russia to Expel U.S. Diplomat -- Wall Street Journal
'Spirit of the Cold War': Russia accuses US diplomat of working for CIA -- NBC
Russia spy agency claims CIA agent arrested for trying to recruit Russian agent in Moscow -- CBS
CIA Spy Caught in Recruitment Sting, Russia Says -- Bloomberg
Russia orders expulsion of U.S. diplomat accused of being CIA agent -- CNN
Russia says CIA agent caught trying to recruit spy -- Reuters
Here’s the spy recruitment letter allegedly found on CIA agent in Moscow -- Washington Post
Photos, video of alleged American CIA spy’s arrest in Moscow -- Washington Post  

My Comment: Russia's FSB is laughing at the CIA.

Israel Is Tracking The Russian Navy

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows devices that resemble rocks and that were found in Syria’s coastal region, northwest of Damascus, Syria, on March 7, 2013. Press TV

Report: Israel's Syria Spy Cameras Tracked Russian |Navy -- Haaretz

Spying equipment uncovered by Syria earlier this month was used by Israel to monitor the movements of Russian warships, The Sunday Times reports.

Israel used spying equipment it planted off the Syrian coast to monitor Russian naval movements in the Mediterranean, The Sunday Times reported.

Earlier this month Syria’s state television reported that Israeli spy equipment was uncovered monitoring a “sensitive site” on its Mediterranean coast. The footage showed a camera, six large batteries, cables and transmitters, along with fake rocks used to camouflage the equipment.

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More News On Israel Tracking The Russian Navy

Israel tracked Russian navy in Syria -- Times of Israel
Report: Israel spied on Russian fleet -- YNet News
Israel spies on Russian fleet off Syrian coast -- Jeruaslem Post
Israel’s secret Syria spy cams totally rock! -- New York Post
Nest of Spies: Syria detects ‘spy rocks’ lodged by Israel -- Al Arabiya
Report: 'Israel Spies on Russian Fleet Off Syrian Coast' -- Arutz Sheva
Israeli spying devices in Syria targeted Russian naval activities: Report -- Press TV (Iran)

Stealing U.S. Military Technologies Has Become The Number One Priority For Foreign Spy Agencies

U.S. Is Leading Espionage Target -- UPI

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- The United States has become the leading target for the theft and illicit transfer of military technologies, a U.S. official said.

John Carlin, acting assistant attorney general for national security, said the U.S. intelligence community has determined China is among the most aggressive collectors of sensitive U.S. information and technologies, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The latest example of that is Sixing Liu, a Chinese citizen who worked at a major U.S. defense contractor, L-3 Communications.

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My Comment: Billions have been invested in these technologies .... and billions more are being invested to improve them. It is only natural that "poorer countries" are looking for a short-cut to possess such secrets.

U.S. Jails Chinese Citizen For Stealing Secret Missile Guidance Data

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Fire Controlman James Krogman.

Chinese Citizen Sentenced In Military Data-Theft Case -- Washington Post

NEWARK, N.J. — Measured in millimeters, the tiny device was designed to allow drones, missiles and rockets to hit targets without satellite guidance. An advanced version was being developed secretly for the U.S. military by a small company and L-3 Communications, a major defense contractor.

On Monday, Sixing Liu, a Chinese citizen who worked at L-3’s space and navigation division, was sentenced in federal court here to five years and 10 months for taking thousands of files about the device, called a disk resonator gyroscope, and other defense systems to China in violation of a U.S. arms embargo.

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More News On The U.S. Jailing A Chinese Citizen For Stealing Secret Missile Guidance Data

Chinese National Given 5 Years In Jail For Stealing Secret Missile Guidance Data -- Business Insider
US jails China engineer over military secrets -- Al Jazeera
Ill. man, ex-NJ tech company employee, gets 5-plus years for taking military data to China -- Washington Post/AP
US jails Chinese engineer for exporting trade secrets -- BBC
US Jails Former L-3 Employee For Taking Military Data To China -- RTT News
US Judge Jails Chinese Man Who Exported Military Secrets -- Voice of America

My Comment: He got lucky .... he should have gotten life.

Chinese Spies In NASA?

FBI Arrests NASA Contractor Employee Trying To Flee To China -- Washington Examiner

Bo Jiang, the Chinese national scientist employed by a NASA contractor for work at the space agency's Langley Research Center, was arrested Sunday by the FBI at Dulles International Airport as he tried to flee to China, according to Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA.

Wolf said during a Capitol Hill news conference today that Jiang’s work at the NASA facility had given him access to information that “would be of the greatest interest to foreign spies, including China.”

Wolf is chairman of a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee that has budget oversight authority for NASA.

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More News On A Chinese National Scientist Employed By A NASA Contractor Arrested For Spying

Chinese contractor at NASA makes court appearance -- CNN
Former NASA Langley Research Center contractor arrested by FBI on plane bound for China -- Washington Post/AP
NASA researcher arrested on China-bound plane -- CBS
Chinese NASA scientist charged with lying to the feds -- PilotOnline.com
Analog Chinese Spying Is Not Dead, U.S. Prosecutors Allege -- New Yorker
Was Chinese Scientist a Spy at NASA? -- Discovery

The U.S. Is Spying On Everyone Outside Of America

Illustrative photo of satellite dishes (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

U.S. Spy Law Authorizes Mass Surveillance of European Citizens: Report -- Slate

Europeans, take note: The U.S. government has granted itself authority to secretly snoop on you.

That’s according to a new report produced for the European Parliament, which has warned that a U.S. spy law renewed late last year authorizes “purely political surveillance on foreigners' data” if it is stored using U.S. cloud services like those provided by Google, Microsoft and Facebook.

Europeans were previously alarmed by the fact that the PATRIOT Act could be used to obtain data on citizens outside the United States. But this time the focus is a different law—the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Amendments Act—which poses a “much graver risk to EU data sovereignty than other laws hitherto considered by EU policy-makers,” according to the recently published report, Fighting Cyber Crime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud, produced by the Centre for the Study of Conflicts, Liberty and Security.

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My Comment: Foreign countries may not like this electronic surveillance .... but as long as the Americans believe that it is working, this U.S. policy is not going to change.

Canadian Spy Pleads Guilty For Transfering NATO Naval Secrets To The Russians

Photo: Jeffrey Paul Delisle arrives at the provincial court in Halifax to face espionage charges in January. (Reuters: Paul Darrow, file photo)

Jeffrey Paul Delisle Pleads Guilty To Selling Canadian Secrets To Russia In Navy Spying Case -- National post/Canadian Press

HALIFAX — A Canadian naval officer pleaded guilty to espionage Wednesday, five years after a Crown lawyer said he walked into the Russian embassy, offered up military secrets for money and began a relationship that resulted in the sharing of a “vast amount” of sensitive information.

Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle rose before a provincial court judge in Halifax, showing no emotion and clasping his hands together, and acknowledged that he understood the consequences of his plea to the unprecedented charges.

When asked if he confirmed the guilty pleas, the 41-year-old intelligence officer merely said, “Yes sir,” before leaving the court to return to prison as he awaits sentencing in January.

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More News On Canada's Russian Naval Spy Breach

Navy spy sold secrets to Russia for $3K a month -- CBC
Ex-Canadian Navy intelligence officer pleads guilty to spy charges -- Ottawa Citizen/Canadian Press
Canadian spy Jeffrey Paul Delisle pleads guilty to espionage charges -- Toronto Star
Military officer pleads guilty to espionage -- Boston.com/AP
Canadian spy pleads guilty to espionage charges -- ABC News (Australia)
Naval officer’s guilty plea of spying for Russia shows need for vigilance, says intel expert -- Montreal Gazette/Post Media News
Spy case could have been far more embarrassing for feds, says security expert -- Toronto Sun
How and why a navy spy sold secrets to Russia -- CBC
A Rare Case: Canadian Navy Officer Pleads Guilty To Selling Secrets To Russians -- NPR

Russia Jails Two Professors For Selling Missile Secrets To China

Bulava missile system. © Photo Courtesy of Northern Fleet press service

Russian Professors Sentenced For Selling Missile Secrets -- RIA Novosti

The St. Petersburg City Court on Wednesday sentenced two university professors to long prison terms for selling military secrets to China, including sensitive data on Russia's Bulava missile system.

Yevgeny Afanasyev from the Baltic State Technical University, Voyenmekh, was found guilty of high treason and will serve 12 years and six months in a high security prison.

His colleague, Svyatoslav Bobyshev, was sentenced to 12 years in a high security prison on similar charges.

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More News On The Sentencing of Two Russian Scientists For Spying

St Petersburg university professors found guilty of handing missile secrets to China -- Daily Mail
2 Russian Professors Convicted of Spying for China -- ABC News/AP
Russia jails two men for giving China nuke secrets -- Euronews
Russian Professors Jailed For Selling Secrets To China -- Radio Free Europe
Russia Sentences Men for Sharing Bulava Secrets: Official -- Defense News

Plot To Smuggle US Stealth Tech To China Foiled By U.S. Undercover Agents

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets are seen at the U.S. air base July 26, 2010 in Osan, South Korea. (Kim Min-Hee/Getty Images)

International Plot To Smuggle US Stealth Tech to China Foiled: Feds -- ABC News

An international plot to provide China with highly classified U.S. military technology has been foiled, U.S. federal agents said.

Two Taiwanese nationals were arrested after they told American undercover agents they were working for "associates" in the Chinese intelligence community and wanted to buy a surveillance drone and stealth technology related to the U.S.'s F-22 Raptor fighter jet, the FBI said in court documents released today.

The plot was uncovered during a previous investigation into the pair's alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar counterfeit goods smuggling scheme and crystal methamphetamine operation. The pair, 45-year-old Hui Sheng Shen, also known as "Charlie," and 41-year-old Huan Ling Chang, also known as "Alice," have been charged with violating the Arms Export Control Act along with related drug charges and could face life in prison.

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My Comment: This would have been a terrible hit on US national security if successful.

Nasa Scientist Convicted For Passing Secrets To Israel Gets 13 Years In Jail

Scientist Caught In FBI Sting Sentenced To 13 Years -- CNN

A former NASA scientist was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for trying to sell Israel classified U.S. defense information about military satellites.

Stewart David Nozette, 54, pleaded guilty to espionage in 2011, and in a separate 2009 case he admitted to fraud and tax charges involving more than $265,000 in false claims he submitted to the government in his position as head of a non-profit organization.

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More News On the Conviction And Sentencing Of Maryland Scientist Stewart Nozette

Ex-govt space scientist who thought he was selling secrets to Israel gets 13 years in prison -- Washington Post/AP
US scientist gets 13 years on spy-for-Israel charges -- AFP
Ex-scientist gets 13 years in prison over spying -- Reuters
Stewart Nozette, ex-government scientist, gets 13 years in espionage case -- Politico/AP
Scientist receives 13-year sentence in espionage case -- Washington Times
Maryland scientist Stewart Nozette sentenced for passing secrets to supposed Mossad agent, expresses regret -- Washington Post
Ex-NASA scientist gets 13 years for spying -- Washington Examiner

Is This Woman The KGB's Best Spy In Thirty Years?

Suspected: Former parliamentary researcher Katia Zatuliveter, 26, has been accused of being a Russian spy

Russian 'Spy' Who Had Affair With Lib Dem MP 'Was Our Best Agent In 30 Years,' Claims Former KGB Colonel -- Daily Mail

* The 73-year-old double agent hails 'heroine'*
* Miss Zatuliveter facing deportation from Britain

The Russian blonde accused of being a secret agent left Britain ‘disarmed’ against Russia, according to a prominent KGB defector.

Katia Zatuliveter, 26, is fighting a deportation hearing over allegations she spied for Moscow while having affairs with bearded Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock, 65, and a senior Nato official.

Miss Zatuliveter is battling a court case against at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission - which was considering evidence against her in a secret ‘closed’ session today.

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My Comment: She is in her 20s, he in his 60s. I do not think she was sleeping with him because of his money .... if he has any. Was it because of his personality .... hmmm .... something tells me no.

The UN In New York City Is A Den Of Spies

Spy Games Come To New York For UN General Assembly -- Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK — When Iran's president accused the U.S. at the United Nations General Assembly last year of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, American diplomats were not caught flat-footed by the tirade.

Even before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad finished his incendiary rant, U.S. diplomats marched out of the cavernous U.N. hall in protest and were ready with a written statement condemning his comments.

It was as if the U.S. knew exactly what Ahmadinejad intended to say.

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My Comment: This spying is not only isolated to the UN's office in new York City, but it also exists in other offices. For example .... in the late 1980s I got a job working security (evening shift) at the UN's ICAO offices in Montreal. No one in the Soviet delegation knew that Russian was my first language .... I was always talking in English or French. LOL .... you can just imagine what I heard spoken around me without senior Soviet diplomats knowing that I knew what they were saying. But after two years this ruse came to end when the rumored "KGB resident" in ICAO (who we shall say is Boris B. and who is now in Putin's circle) walked by my desk and overheard me speaking fluent Russian to my mother. The look that he gave me was priceless. Unfortunately .... after that experience no one from the Soviet delegation ever stopped by my desk to use my phone or to talk to me.

But there is a happy ending .... when the Soviet Union fell apart, these same diplomats became close friends resulting in many happy drinking experiences in Canada and in Russia. If anyone is curious .... I left ICAO in 1994.

Russian Colonel Convicted Of Treason Over U.S. Spy Ring

Top Russian Spy Given 25 Years After Betraying Secret Code Of Anna Chapman And Nine Other Undercover Agents To The U.S. -- The Daily Mail

A former senior Russian intelligence officer was convicted of betraying ten fellow spies working undercover in the U.S.

The Moscow District Military Court found Colonel Alexander Poteyev guilty of high treason and desertion and sentenced him to 25 years in prison after a trial that was closed to the public.

Poteyev fled to America shortly before U.S. authorities announced they had busted the spy ring last summer.

The spy left his wife behind in Russia.

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More News On The Russian Conviction Of A Former Senior Intelligence Officer

Russian double-agent found guilty of selling out Anna Chapman sleeper cell -- The Telegraph
Russian double agent sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison -- The Guardian
Former Russian Colonel Convicted in Absentia for Exposing Spy Ring -- Voice of America
Russian convicted of treason over U.S. spy ring -- CNN
Ex-officer convicted of betraying Anna Chapman, Russian spy ring -- CBS
Ex-Russian intel officer guilty of treason -- UPI
Russia convicts top spy of betraying Anna Chapman & co. -- Global Post
Russian convicted of treason in sleeper agent case -- BBC
Fleeing Russian spy told wife to "be calm" -- Reuters
Russia convicts colonel of exposing US spy ring -- AFP
Russian officer guilty of betraying spies in U.S. -- CBS News

Defector Who Unmasked Russian Spy Ring Facing 20 Years In Jail (If Caught)

Double agent Alexander Poteyev, right, and Russian spy Anna Chapman

Anna Chapman Spy Ring 'Traitor' Facing 20 Years In Jail -- The Telegraph

A Russian double agent who allegedly helped the United States unmask 11 Russian spies including Anna Chapman last year faces up to 20 years in jail for treason and desertion if he is ever caught and convicted

Investigators from Russia's FSB security service said they had finished a criminal investigation into Colonel Alexander Poteyev, the alleged traitor, and that a military court in Moscow would try his case in absentia.

"The FSB investigation department has completed an investigation into the case to charge Russian national Alexander Poteyev with committing high treason by divulging state secrets," the FSB said in a statement.

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More News On The Prosecution Of Russian Defector Colonel Alexander Poteyev

Russian Is Charged With Betraying Spies in U.S. -- New York Times
Russia seeks 20 years for US spy ring traitor -- AFP
Russia prosecutes reputed U.S. spy-ring betrayer -- Reuters
Russia charges US spy ring 'traitor' Poteyev -- BBC
Russia Indicts Spy Turned US Informant -- Voice of America
Russian Who Gave Up U.S. Spy Ring Charged -- Radio Free Europe
Russia says officer helped U.S. -- UPI

The Growing Market For Spy Software

Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy

British Firm Offered Spy Software To Egypt -- Washington Times

Activists say they were the targets.

Egyptian anti-regime activists found a startling document last month during a raid inside the headquarters of the country’s state security service: A British company offered to sell a program that security experts say could infect dissidents’ computers and gain access to their email and other communications.

The discovery highlights the emerging market of Western companies that sell software to security services from the Middle East to China to spy on the kinds of social media activists who recently toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia.

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My Comment: Weapon systems, ammunition, communications and other electronic equipment .... there are bans in place to insure that such cargo does not go to certain governments and their security agencies. But should software also be banned?

What is my position .... good luck on trying to enforce such a ban.

Why Is The U.S. Spying On Scandinavian Countries?

We're watching: The U.S. Embassy in Norway is accused of espionage

Major Spy Scandal As Five Scandinavian Governments Catch The U.S. Watching Their Citizens -- The Daily Mail

America has been accused of illegally spying on hundreds of people in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.

Officials in the five countries expressed their unhappiness at surveillance tactics that were conducted without the knowledge of the individual nations' governments.

America claims officials informed the Norwegian government about the operation which was aimed at terror suspects.

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More News On U.S. Spying Of Scandinavian Countries

5 Nordic Countries Investigate Alleged Illegal Spying by U.S. -- AllGov
US embassy spying claims probed across Nordic region -- AFP
Iceland launches US spy inquiry -- BBC
Iceland investigates possible US embassy spying -- AP
Iceland Orders Probe Into Charges Of US Embassy Spying -- RTT News
America conducts subversive activities in friendly territories -- Pravda

My Comment: Memo to the world .... the U.S., China, Russia, etc. .... they are watching all of us.

More Information Becoming Public On Who Exposed A Russian Spy Ring In The U.S.

Colonel Scherbakov was the traitor who had given the FBI the names of the ten sleeper agents who made up the ring, including glamorous spy Anna Chapman Photo: BARCROFT

Russian Spy Ring Saga Has A New Twist -- L.A. Times

A Russian newspaper reports that a mysterious agent betrayed the spies and defected to the U.S., and he may be subject to assassination. Some experts say it is a red herring as officials prepare to consolidate intelligence agencies.

Reporting from Moscow — A high-ranking intelligence officer betrayed Russia by exposing a secret spy ring operating in the United States until June and defecting, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The officer, identified only as Col. Shcherbakov, was instrumental in the high-profile arrests of Russian spies in New York, Boston, Virginia, New Jersey and Cyprus, according to a cover story in the Moscow-based Kommersant daily. Shcherbakov, who the paper said handled the spy ring in the United States, reportedly left Russia shortly before U.S. officials announced the arrests in June.

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More News On The U.S. - Russia Spy Case

Russian newspaper names colonel as source of info on spy ring in U.S. -- CNN
Russian 'double agent' named by Moscow newspaper -- BBC
Double Agent Hunted After Betrayal of Anna Chapman Spy Ring -- CBS
Russian spies betrayed by double agent? -- UPI
Mole in intelligence service betrayed Russian spies in US, says newspaper -- Irish Times
Russian Newspaper Names Double Agent Responsible For Spy Ring Bust -- RTT News
Russian intelligence service identifies traitor in U.S. spy scandal -- Xinhuanet
Double agent who gave up Chapman spy ring defects -- Scotsman
Russia sends hit squad to kill renegade colonel who gave up Anna Chapman spy ring -- The Telegraph
Russian assassin 'sent to kill double agent who betrayed Anna Chapman' -- The Guardian
Kremlin puts hit on spy ring double agent: report -- ABC News (Australia)
Russia Hunts Double Agent Who Betrayed Spies, Newspaper Says -- The Lede/New York Times
Something rotten in Russian spy kingdom - source -- RIA Novosti
Kommersant reveals biography of exposed Russian spook -- RIA Novosti

Russian Spies In The U.S. Betrayed By Double Agent

Russian Spy Master Helped Expose Spy Ring in U.S. -- ABC News

Report Quotes Kremlin Official Promising Revenge for Betrayal.

A colonel in Russia's SVR, the foreign intelligence service, helped the United States expose the spy ring that was part of July's spy swap, the biggest since the Cold War, according to a leading Russian newspaper.

The long-time SVR officer, a Col. Shcherbakov, was head of the U.S. section in charge of planting moles in the United States, Kommersant reported.

He fled to the United States three days before President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Washington in June.

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More News On A Russian Double Agent Outing Russian Spies In The U.S.

Russian 'double agent' named by Moscow newspaper -- BBC News
Top Russian spy defects after betraying U.S. ring -- Reuters
Russian Double Agent Helped Lead U.S. to Spies -- CBS News
Russian double agent 'helped crack' US spy ring -- AFP
Kremlin hit squad 'to kill double agent who unveiled Russian spy Anna Chapman' -- Daily Mail
Russian assassin 'sent to kill double agent who betrayed Anna Chapman' -- The Guardian
Colonel Shcherbakov, Russian Spy Double Agent, Targeted By Russia After Betraying Spy Ring -- Huffington Post
Russia Hunts Double Agent Who Betrayed Spies, Newspaper Says -- New York Times
Hitman pursuing Russian traitor in U.S.: report -- Toronto Star
Double agent probably big blow to Kremlin: experts -- Reuters
Report: Russia spy agency in turmoil over defector -- Spy Talk/Washington Post

U.S. Acccused Of Spying In Norway And Denmark

Norway investigates reports of U.S. spying -- CNN

(CNN) -- Authorities in Norway have launched an investigation into whether the United States conducted illegal surveillance in the Nordic country, the Ministry of Justice told CNN Thursday.

Officials from Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked to the number two at the American Embassy in Oslo, James Heg, about the allegations on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.

"Because here at the Foreign Ministry, we have not been informed about this" alleged surveillance, she said, asking that her name not be used.

"We wanted to know.... what these activities included," she said.

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More News On Norway/Denmark Accusations Of U.S. Spying

Norway Queries U.S. on Reports of Surveillance -- New York Times/Reuters
Norway seeks U.S. explanation in surveillance row -- Reuters
US embassy accused of spying in Norway, Oslo demands answers -- AFP
Norway questions US surveillance activities after TV report -- CP
Report: US suspends surveillance operation in Norway -- M&C

US embassy spied on Danes: report -- AFP
Danish newspaper suspects US embassy of spying -- Voice of Russia
US embassy spied on Danes -- Business Recorder

Russian Spy Ring Busted In The U.S. -- News Roundup

U.S. Charges 11 As Russian Agents -- L.A. Times

An FBI investigation turns up a vast spy operation on the East Coast with 'deep cover' assignments, including transmitting U.S. nuclear weapons research to Moscow, authorities say.

Reporting from Washington — Federal officials charged 11 people on the East Coast as secret agents of Russia on Monday in an multiyear investigation that turned up allegations of a vast undercover network designed to collect fresh information for Moscow, including new U.S. nuclear weapons research.

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More News On The Arrest Of Russian Spies In the U.S.

Russian spy ring: 11th suspect arrested in Cyprus; Moscow calls spy claims 'baseless and improper' -- New York Daily News
U.S. charges 11 as secret agents; Russia calls action 'unfounded' -- L.A. Times
Russian Spy Ring Suspects Busted! 10 Alleged Secret Agents Arrested in U.S. -- ABC News
FBI arrests 10 accused of working as Russian spies -- Washington Post
The Spy Next Door: Tri-Staters Charged as Russian Agents -- MSNBC
Feds burn 'deep cover' Russian spy network -- Washington Times
U.S. arrests 10 for allegedly spying for Russia -- Reuters
10 alleged Russian secret agents arrested in US -- AP
'Femme Fatale' Rounded Up in Nest of Alleged Russian Spies -- FOX News
Spy ring's 'femme fatale' -- New York Post
Alleged Russian spies may have used false UK and Irish passports -- The Guardian
In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents -- New York Times

Russia Says U.S. Spy Accusations Baseless And Improper -- New York Times/AP
Russia: Spy Arrests a Throwback to Cold War -- CBS News
Russia denounces US 'spy' arrests -- Al Jazeera
Russia Says US Spy Allegations 'Groundless' -- Voice of America
U.S. Espionage Claims Recall Cold War `Spy Mania,' Russian Government Says -- Bloomberg
Moscow Raises Questions on Timing of Spy Ring Arrests -- New York Times

Deep cover -- Politico
Russian Spy Case: Part John le Carre, Part Austin Powers -- Newsweek
Ex-Spy: May Be 50 Undercover Russian Couples in US -- New York Times/AP
The spy scandal shows Russia is no friend of the West -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph