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    Jonathan Pollard, the American convicted of spying for Israel, leaves a New York courthouse following his release from prison in 2015. As of Friday, Pollard has completed the terms of his parole and is a free man.
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    Jonathan Pollard, Who Sold Cold War Secrets To Israel, Completes Parole

    Nov 21, 2020
    After 30 years in prison, and five years on stringent parole, former U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard plans to move to Israel, his lawyers said.
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    The Salt
    Actor Roger Moore, who played secret agent James Bond in the '70s and '80s, holds a martini. A new book written by a former CIA agent details how restaurants and cafes "are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage."
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    Eat, Drink And Be Wary: Ex-CIA Agent Reveals How Eateries Are Key To Spycraft

    Oct 16, 2019
    "Restaurants and cafés are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage," says Amaryllis Fox in a new book. They're ideal places to clandestinely meet people with access to a government or terrorist group.
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    Business
    Huawei Rotating Chairman Guo Ping (center) speaks in front of other executives during a press conference in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong province, on Thursday.
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    Huawei Sues U.S. After Congress Bans Government Purchase Of Its Equipment

    Mar 07, 2019
    The Chinese telecom manufacturer argues Congress violated the U.S. Constitution when it singled out Huawei without a trial. The U.S. has warned that Huawei gear might spy on Americans for China.
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    Europe
    The Swedish flag. On Tuesday evening, Swedish law enforcement arrested an individual suspected of gathering intelligence for Russia.
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    Sweden Arrests Suspected Russian Spy

    Feb 28, 2019
    The suspect was allegedly recruited by a Russian intelligence officer and engaged in criminal activity since 2017, the Swedish Security Service says.
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    National Security
    Paul Whelan, the American who has been detained by Russia on suspicion of espionage, stands in a glass cage for a hearing in Moscow on Tuesday.
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    American Held In Russia Unwittingly Got Thumb Drive With State Secrets, Lawyer Says

    Jan 22, 2019
    When a Russian citizen handed him a memory stick, Paul Whelan thought it contained travel snapshots, his lawyer told reporters. Whelan was denied bail at his first court appearance.
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    Asia
    Poland's Internal Security Agency accuses Huawei's sales director in Poland of spying on behalf of China, arresting the Chinese citizen along with one other man. Here, people walk by Huawei's offices in Warsaw on Friday.
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    Polish Police Arrest Huawei Executive On Suspicion Of Spying For China

    Jan 11, 2019
    Poland has evidence that a Huawei sales director and a Polish citizen "cooperated with the Chinese services," according to a spokesman for Poland's special services branch.
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    World
    Ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is being held in Moscow's Lefortovo prison on accusations of espionage by the Russian government.
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    As American Sits In Moscow Jail, Russia Says U.S. Has Detained One Of Its Citizens

    Jan 05, 2019
    A top Russian official has dismissed suggestions that Paul Whelan would be traded for any Russian in U.S. custody.
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    World
    Russia's Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week.
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    U.S. Citizen Arrested In Moscow On Suspicion Of Spying

    Dec 31, 2018
    Russia says Paul Whelan was detained on Friday while on a spy mission. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on espionage charges.
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    National Security
    The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium in Baltimore, last year.
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    U.S. Army Reservist Arrested In Chicago On Charges Of Spying For China

    Sep 26, 2018
    A 27-year-old Chinese citizen who enlisted in the Army Reserve under a program for foreigners with "vital" skills, allegedly provided information on U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists.
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    The Salt
    Scott Deeter, president and CEO of Ventria Bioscience, says that Chinese theft of his technology could have driven him out of business.
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    Spies In The Field: As Farming Goes High-Tech, Espionage Threat Grows

    Jun 08, 2017
    Recent cases involving Chinese nationals conspiring to steal trade secrets — from gene-spliced rice to corn seed — have highlighted the risk of intellectual property theft from U.S. companies.
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    History
    U.S. horses were loaded onto transport ships that went from the U.S. to European ports and later to the war front.
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    The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them

    Apr 06, 2017
    April 6 marks 100 years since the U.S. entered World War I. Years before, the U.S. supported the effort by sending over thousands of horses — who were so important that Germans plotted to kill them.
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    Espionage in the Age of Terror

    Jan 13, 2017

    On this episode of America Abroad, we discuss the current state of human intelligence gathering and its future.

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    The Two-Way
    A dock is seen at a recreational compound owned by the Russian government near Centreville, Maryland on Thursday. The U.S. government said the facility was used "for intelligence-related purposes."
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    Intelligence Compounds Or Bucolic Resorts? Russian Estates May Be Both

    Dec 30, 2016
    Neighbors on Maryland's Eastern Shore said the Russian vacationers "were just like anybody else," but an intelligence expert says the sites were likely used for eavesdropping on communications.
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    Parallels
    Asked whether Russia is trying to hack the U.S. election, CIA Director John Brennan told the Washington Ideas Forum on Sept. 28 that the CIA tries to look at a country's capabilities, its track record "and determine whether something that certainly looks
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    Amid Deteriorating U.S.-Russia Relations, Questions Grow About Cyberwar

    Oct 04, 2016
    Might the recent collapse of U.S.-Russia cooperation on Syria open the door to a possible escalation in cyberwar? Both sides now have more to gain — and lose.
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    Parallels
    In this courtroom drawing, Russian banker Evgeny Buryakov, left, stands with attorney Scott Hershman during sentencing on espionage charges on May 25 in New York.
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    Decades After Cold War's End, U.S.-Russia Espionage Rivalry Evolves

    Jun 15, 2016
    In the 1980s, the FBI and NSA dug a tunnel for espionage purposes beneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The spy rivalry continues, but how has the game changed since the fall of the Soviet Union?
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    The Two-Way
    Duane "Dewey" Clarridge, a CIA veteran, speaks in May 2007 during an Arkansas Committee on Foreign Relations luncheon in Little Rock, Ark. The retired spy criticized the CIA's leadership and said a lack of human intelligence had led to mistakes in Iraq,
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    CIA Veterans Gather To Honor Duane Clarridge, A Sometimes Unsubtle Spy

    Apr 23, 2016
    Clarridge, who headed up the agency's anti-communist efforts in Central America in the 1980s and was indicted and pardoned in the Iran-Contra scandal, died April 9.
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    The Two-Way
    A poster warning against foreign spies is displayed in an alleyway in Beijing.
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    Chinese Cartoon Warns Against 'Dangerous Love' With Foreigners Who May Be Spies

    Apr 22, 2016
    China's campaign directed toward female government workers is meant to show how romancing a handsome foreigner might lead to espionage.
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    The Two-Way

    Spy Charges Leveled At U.S. Navy Officer Who Worked In Reconnaissance

    Apr 11, 2016
    Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin is a native of Taiwan; he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1999, according to a profile written for the U.S. Navy's website.
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    Parallels
    Russia's Vladimir Putin makes a speech in 2009 after receiving an award in Dresden, Germany, where he served as a KGB officer during the Cold War.
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    Spy Vs. Spies: Why Deciphering Putin Is So Hard For U.S. Intelligence

    Mar 10, 2016
    How do you spy on a country when decision-making is concentrated in the mind of one man? U.S. spooks' traditional tools — from NSA intercepts to satellite imagery to espionage — are coming up short.
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    The Two-Way
    Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for the <em>Washington Post, </em>faces four serious charges, including espionage, according to his lawyer. He's shown in 2013.
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    Iran Charges 'Washington Post' Reporter With Espionage

    Apr 20, 2015
    Jason Rezaian's lawyer says he has been charged with four serious crimes. The Washington Post's Tehran bureau chief has been detained for nine months and held in the notorious Evin prison.
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