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Which Western allies of the US have been caught spying against the US?
I was debating a friend of mine as to whether it is in the American interest to continue supporting Israel. I argued against this. One point I raised was that Israel has an extensive history of covert ...
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Is there a precedent for a Western European country expelling U.S. diplomats over spying?
Events in September this year led to the unfolding of a spy saga
involving the US and Spanish intelligence agencies, with the focus
centred on Madrid.
The Spanish Government confirmed reports to El ...
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Is there any precedent of technology falling into the hands of the Chinese or Russians through Israel?
Is there any precedent of technology falling into the hands of the Chinese or Russians through Israel?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-approves-selling-f-22-raptor-to-israel-report/
US Secretary ...
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Was an Israeli spy ever arrested and sentenced to jail by the U.S. according to the public domain?
"The Israelis are pretty aggressive" when it comes to espionage,
including against the United States. "They're all about protecting the
security of the Israeli state and they do ...
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Have any NATO countries publicly raise objections as being spied upon (by the US) in "Operation Triangulation"?
According to a story sourced to the FSB
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, together with the Federal Security Service of Russia, uncovered a reconnaissance operation by American ...
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What was the biggest punishment given by Canada against a U.S. spy?
OTTAWA—New figures show Canada has turfed out five spies in the past
decade from a surprising source country — its best friend and ally,
the United States.
From 2004 to 2014 Ottawa sent back to the U....
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Was an American spy ever punished for spying against an European country according to what's available in the public domain in modern time?
Was an American spy ever punished for spying against an European country according to what's available in the public domain?
COPENHAGEN, May 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)
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What would be the advantages of balloon over other spying tech for China?
Why would China send a huge spy balloon to spy on the U.S.?
The balloon carried an underslung payload described as a "technology
bay" estimated to be the size of "two or three school ...
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Why does the US need to spy on its allies?
Recently, I've read about the NSA (the US National Security Agency) spying on European leaders - Angela Merkel in particular.
But this is highly unusual for me. I can understand the US spying on its ...
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Have there been any prior cases of US social media employees charged with spying for (or interfering on behalf of) a foreign power?
NBC reports that two Twitter employees have been charged in the Northern District of California for spying for the Saudis.
Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy on critics of Saudi regime, U.S. ...
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Is there a clearly-defined meaning of "asset" in authoritative US national-security documents?
Although aware of the subsequent correction from Clinton's spokesperson, defending the original claim of Clinton that Gabbard is a Russian asset, former double-agent Naveed Jamali writes in Newsweek:
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How does a government agency know if it is compromised?
The U.S. spies on other nations and in turn gets spied on. I don't think I need a citation to prove this.
Every now and then, there are people who gain access to highly classified information and ...
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Did China engage in spy swaps?
The Soviet union and then Russia regularly engaged in spy swaps with the West (even if a recent trend seems to be to "get them good" even after the swap, at least on select occasions.) But ...
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Why is this reply by Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein funny? [closed]
During the congressional hearing of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on June 28th, Mr. Rosenstein was asked the following question:
Did you threaten to subpoena their [staffers on the House ...
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What could the UK stand to gain from the attempted assassination of ex-spy Skripal? [closed]
Russia has been accused by the UK to be responsible for the alleged chemical attack on Sergey Skripal, but has officially and vehemently denied any involvement. Moreover, Russian government officials ...
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