The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) does not spy on the government of the United Arab Emirates even though that country's affiliations and actions on the world stage do not always …
Iran says it arrests CIA spies, Gulf tensions simmer
In the midst of mounting tensions between the West and Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence on Monday claimed that it had captured 17 US intelligence officers between March of 2018 and …
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Iran claims it dealt ‘heavy blow’ to US ‘spy network’
Amid increasing US-Iran animosity, Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday stated that his agency recently managed to "deal a heavy blow against America's international spy …
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North Korean leader’s slain half-brother was a CIA informant: Wall Street Journal
A new Wall Street Journal report claims that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jung-un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, was a CIA informant. However, the WSJ mentions that “several former …
Former CIA officer jailed for 20 years for spying for China
A former CIA intelligence officer found guilty of conspiring to provide national defense information to China was sentenced to 20 years in prison last Friday. Kevin Patrick Mallory of Leesburg, …
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Phone scams remain lucrative, but risks exist: Ex-director of FBI, CIA takes on a phone scammer—and wins
Showcasing some of the common elements of basic phone scams and their surprising successes, a recent case saw a Jamaica-based phone scammer attempt to scam William H. Webster, ex-director of both the …
New Research: How the CIA found Soviet missiles in Cuba
While the U-2 spy plane is largely credited for identifying the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba in the early 1960s, setting off a Cold War escalation with nearly-apololyptic results, new research …
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Ex-CIA director: It’s a tech war, not a trade war
Michael Morell, former acting director of the CIA, has characterized the ongoing China-U.S. trade war as a “an escalating technological cold war…not centered on tariffs and trade…[but] involves both …
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CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects
"Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information about potential attacks. After months of research, the …
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Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents
From 2010 to 2012, China was able to dismantle significant portions of the CIA’s network of agents across the country, executing dozens of suspected spies. It now appears that problems in and hacks of …
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