Russia hits back over spy death
The Kremlin sought to turn the tables on Britain yesterday over the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the dissident former security officer. (more)
Russia launches spy satellite
Russia on Tuesday launched a spy satellite to replenish its space-based military satellite cluster. (more)
India set to launch Israeli spy satellite
An Indian rocket may lift an Israeli spy satellite into orbit within days in the second deal to grab a share of the 2.5-billion-dollar global launch market, officials and reports said. (more)
Germany arrests suspected Sudanese spy
German police have arrested a Sudanese man suspected of spying on Sudanese opposition groups in Germany for Khartoum's intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said. (more)
Germany says Chinese state is behind cyber spying
The Chinese state is behind almost daily Internet espionage attacks on German companies and government bodies, a top German intelligence official said. (more)
Senator Denies AT&T, Verizon Cash Bought Spying Immunity Vote
Telecom executives - from companies seeking escape from privacy lawsuits accusing them of illegally collaborating with secret domestic spying programs - wrote thousands in checks to the re-election campaign of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) (more)
Spain thwarts alleged Venezuelan spying
Spanish authorities thwarted an effort to spy on Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during a visit to Venezuela in 2005, a report says. (more)
Spy chief to disclose secret: U.S. intel spending
The nation’s spy chief will soon divulge one of the government’s most tightly-held secrets: the size of the national intelligence budget. (more)
Israeli Spy got Inside Intel for Syrian Reactor Attack
As more of the details surrounding the mysterious Israeli raid seep out about the destroyed Syrian nuclear reactor located near the Iraqi border, what emerges is that Israel had hard evidence from a spy or mole inside the facility who took pictures that were the hard evidence. That, plus detailed spy satellite pictures were provided to the US Intelligence community in July. (more)
Law firm fears government is tapping phones
VT - A law firm that represents clients at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan is warning its Vermont clients that it believes the federal government has been monitoring its phones and computer system. (more)
British spy agency recruits via video games
A British intelligence agency is seeking spies in cyberspace. GCHQ, the surveillance arm of British intelligence, said Thursday it hopes to attract computer-savvy young recruits by embedding job ads within video games such as Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. (more)
