Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in BritainBritain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.
31 июля 2014
Germany kicks out top US intelligence officer in spy rowGermany expelled the CIA station chief in Berlin over alleged spying by the United States which has refused to break its silence over the escalating row between the Western allies.
11 июля 2014
Anger over reports German double-agent spied for USGerman authorities have arrested a suspected double-agent accused of spying for the US on a parliamentary panel investigating NSA surveillance, media reports said.
05 июля 2014
Sacked Saudi deputy defence minister named spy chiefSaudi King Abdullah appointed a new spy chief, giving the job to the former deputy defence minister days after sacking him from that post, SPA state news agency reported.
01 июля 2014
CIA joins Twitter, FacebookThe secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.
07 июня 2014
Snowden seeks asylum in sunny BrazilFormer intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.
02 июня 2014
N. Korea sentences S. Korean 'spy' to hard labour for lifeNorth Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to hard labour for life after accusing him of espionage and setting up an underground church, state media said Saturday, the latest Christian preacher to run into trouble in the secretive state.
31 мая 2014
Snowden says he wants to return to USFugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden said Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of US intelligence secrets, saying abuses of constitutional rights left him no choice.
29 мая 2014
China accuses US of 'hypocrisy' as hacking row escalatesBeijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards Tuesday over its unprecedented indictment of five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage.
20 мая 2014
Sony to make film of Edward Snowden storySony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the rights to the new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald about fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the studio said.
16 мая 2014
Snowden the 'traitor' looms over PulitzersHero or traitor? America is still polarized over Edward Snowden and whether the newspapers that exposed the extent of NSA's vast global spying network should be lauded or condemned.
Robot Snowden promises more US spying revelationsFormer intelligence contractor Edward Snowden emerged from his Russian exile Tuesday in the form of a remotely-controlled robot to promise more sensational revelations about US spying programs.
19 марта 2014
'Free world' governments among worst for online spying: watchdogShady agencies at the service of democratically elected governments are among the worst online spies in the world, media watchdog RSF said Wednesday, putting them on the same level as offenders in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia.
12 марта 2014
European IT firms seize opportunity from spy scandalEuropean IT security firms have flocked to the world's biggest high-tech fair with hopes of benefiting from the fallout from shock revelations of mass US and British spying.
11 марта 2014
CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate: lawmakerThe CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.
06 марта 2014
UK, US spies stored millions of Yahoo webcam images: reportUS senators said British and US spy agencies showed a "breathtaking lack of respect" for privacy after reports they had intercepted and stored images from webcams used by millions of Yahoo users.
28 февраля 2014
Senator Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA intel programUS Senator Rand Paul filed suit against President Barack Obama and other officials in a bid to end the secret program that scoops up telephone data on virtually all Americans.