Espionage and Intelligence

Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many

2013-05-19 20:41:00

WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...

Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say

2013-05-16 03:00:00

WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....

Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying

2013-05-15 15:09:00

MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...

U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia

2013-05-14 16:25:00

MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...

Russia says American was recruiting for CIA

2013-05-14 09:37:00

MOSCOW -- Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, was held...

'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars

2013-05-03 08:00:00

In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...

White House suspects Syria used chemical weapons, seeks inquiry

2013-04-25 18:14:00

WASHINGTON — The White House said for the first time that there was evidence Syria had used chemical weapons in its civil war, but administration officials called for a broader United Nations investigation and edged away from declaring Damascus...

Justice Department accuses U.S. citizen of being Cuban spy

2013-04-25 17:39:00

WASHINGTON — Almost 30 years ago, two young women allegedly obtained fake passports in Europe for a clandestine trip to Cuba. Today, one is in prison serving a 25-year sentence for espionage; the other has taken shelter in Sweden. On Thursday, the...

North Korea's nuclear warheads fit on a missile, official says

2013-04-11 19:14:00

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. �At a House armed services committee hearing focused on the budget, Rep....

North Korea may have nuclear warhead capability, U.S. agency says

2013-04-12 08:32:00

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe that North Korea cannot...

Henry Bromell dies at 65; writer helped usher in literary TV drama

2013-03-19 19:50:00

Henry Bromell, a novelist and short-story writer who brought a literary quality to some of the most acclaimed dramatic TV series of the last two decades, including "Homeland," "Northern Exposure" and "Homicide: Life on the Street," died Monday at St....

Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination

2013-03-07 11:21:00

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...

James Bond is back with a new movie -- and that means the return of the Bond Girls. Naomie Harris and B�r�nice Marlohe have the honor in "Skyfall" ... but what kind of Bond Girls will they be?

2012-11-07 19:01:30

Appearances: Jaws, played by 7' 2" actor Richard Kiel, made his first appearance in 1977's "The Spy Who Loved Me." Kiel reprised the role for "Moonraker" in 1979. Honcho or henchman? Henchman, though Jaws has perhaps made more of an impression than the evil rich guys he works for.

2012-11-06 16:14:35

Spy games meet video games in this flick from 1984, which takes a kid obsessed with an espionage game, adds in real spies, and sprinkles in father and son reconciliation to boot. Henry Thomas of 'E.T.

2012-10-31 22:54:29