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Espionage (also called spying) is the process states use to gather intelligence on each other. Use with specific country tags.

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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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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 China's definition of spying one of the loosest in the world?

The United States government, analysts, and lawyers say that the revisions to Beijing's anti-espionage law are vague and will give authorities more leeway in implementing already opaque national ...
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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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Why did Wang 'William' Liqiang identify himself?

Wang 'William' Liqiang claims to be a Chinese spy who's defecting to Australia. In the world of spies, double agents, and triple agents, where intelligence agents go to great lengths to conceal what ...
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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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Does the European Union play any role in mediating conflicts related to industrial espionage between two member countries?

AFP - France is the top offender when it comes to industrial espionage, and is even worse than China and Russia, the head of a German company was quoted as saying in a leaked US diplomatic cable made ...
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