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British Man Arrested In Germany For 'Spying For Russia'
A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, in a stunning case compared to a Cold War thriller.
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Fiat Chrysler Asks Judge To Deny General Motors' Request To Reopen Racketeering Case
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) on Monday asked a U.S. federal judge to dismiss a request from General Motors Co to reinstate a racketeering lawsuit against its smaller rival, comparing a recent GM filing to a "third-rate spy movie, full of preposterous allegations."
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Former CIA Officer Sentenced To 19 Years For Conspiring To Spy For China
A former CIA case officer was sentenced by a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to serve 19 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to become a spy for China, federal prosecutors announced.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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UAE Court To Review Evidence In British Student Spying Case: His Wife
A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.
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"Was Torture": Ex-French Spy Who Helped Dubai Princess Escape Blames India
The former French intelligence officer who helped Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa escape from the UAE has now lodged a case with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alleging that India violated diplomatic conventions when it helped Emirati officials take the 33- year-old royal back home.
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How A Federal Spy Case Turned Into A Child Pornography Prosecution
FBI agents entered Keith Gartenlaub's home in Southern California while he and his wife were visiting her relatives in Shanghai. Agents wearing gloves went through boxes, snapped pictures of documents and made copies of three computer hard drives before leaving as quietly as they had entered.
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US Judge Rules Against NSA in Phone Spying Case
A US federal judge on Monday for the first time ordered the National Security Agency to cease collecting the phone call records of a lawyer and his firm, providing an unprecedented but narrow and largely symbolic victory to privacy advocates.
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Germany Summons US Envoy Over Surveillance Case
The US envoy "was asked to help in the swift clarification" of a case being investigated by the federal prosecutor.
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German police arrest Pakistani man in drone spying case
German police have arrested a 28-year-old Pakistani man on suspicion of spying on high-tech military data, the office of the federal public prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday.
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British Man Arrested In Germany For 'Spying For Russia'
A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, in a stunning case compared to a Cold War thriller.
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Fiat Chrysler Asks Judge To Deny General Motors' Request To Reopen Racketeering Case
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) on Monday asked a U.S. federal judge to dismiss a request from General Motors Co to reinstate a racketeering lawsuit against its smaller rival, comparing a recent GM filing to a "third-rate spy movie, full of preposterous allegations."
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Former CIA Officer Sentenced To 19 Years For Conspiring To Spy For China
A former CIA case officer was sentenced by a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to serve 19 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to become a spy for China, federal prosecutors announced.
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Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia by Digging Into Accounts of Kingdom Critics
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. Case highlights the issue of foreign powers exploiting American social media platforms. Charges also reflect the wealth of data that firms compile.
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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UAE Court To Review Evidence In British Student Spying Case: His Wife
A United Arab Emirates court has postponed hearing the case of a British academic charged with espionage until November21 to re-examine the evidence, his wife said on Thursday.
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"Was Torture": Ex-French Spy Who Helped Dubai Princess Escape Blames India
The former French intelligence officer who helped Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa escape from the UAE has now lodged a case with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alleging that India violated diplomatic conventions when it helped Emirati officials take the 33- year-old royal back home.
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How A Federal Spy Case Turned Into A Child Pornography Prosecution
FBI agents entered Keith Gartenlaub's home in Southern California while he and his wife were visiting her relatives in Shanghai. Agents wearing gloves went through boxes, snapped pictures of documents and made copies of three computer hard drives before leaving as quietly as they had entered.
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US Judge Rules Against NSA in Phone Spying Case
A US federal judge on Monday for the first time ordered the National Security Agency to cease collecting the phone call records of a lawyer and his firm, providing an unprecedented but narrow and largely symbolic victory to privacy advocates.
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Germany Summons US Envoy Over Surveillance Case
The US envoy "was asked to help in the swift clarification" of a case being investigated by the federal prosecutor.
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German police arrest Pakistani man in drone spying case
German police have arrested a 28-year-old Pakistani man on suspicion of spying on high-tech military data, the office of the federal public prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday.
