Espionage
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Stalin's last American spy: new book tells the strange tale of Noel FieldKati Marton’s ninth book, True Believer, is a fascinating and stirringly relevant portrait of a devout communist from Boston who worked for the Soviet regime
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The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiledThe Long Read: Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secrets
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Czech Republic claims propaganda war by Russia and sets up counter-effortInterior minister says pro-Moscow disinformation network has sprung up on Czech soil and ‘we want to get into every smartphone’ to defeat it
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Reclaim Australia in Asio's sights, intelligence chief tells senatorsRadical anti-Islamic groups are posing a growing threat to the country’s security, Duncan Lewis says
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The police chief battling cybercriminals from Russia and UkraineHalf of online fraud comes from abroad, says Ian Dyson, commissioner of the City of London police, who has enlisted the help of Google and Microsoft to fight it
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Bulk data collection vital to prevent terrorism in UK, report findsIndependent review of draft terrorism laws says there is strong case for allowing police and spy agencies to gather private data
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Espionage arrest of nuclear engineer fuels US suspicions of Chinese tacticsSzuhsiung Ho of China General Nuclear Power Company becomes latest case to fan US fears that Chinese firms will do anything for a hi-tech leg-up
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Man arrested in Ireland over murder of British spy Denis DonaldsonGarda Síochána hold man in his 40s for questioning in Co Donegal over killing in April 2006
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The first rule of spying? Don’t post your name and face onlineSome newly qualified Russian spies are in hot water after appearing on YouTube – or is it all some sort of elaborate double bluff?
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Australian migrants denied citizenship on political grounds demand recognitionHundreds of postwar migrants from Europe were recorded as national security risks because of alleged communist links
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How a Czech 'super-spy' infiltrated the CIAKarel Koecher, the only foreign agent known to have breached the US agency, describes the original bridge of spies — and the ultimate double cross
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What Penguins, donkeys and moles have in commonThe Isokon building in Hampstead is where the worlds of books, design and espionage collide
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How Cambridge spy Guy Burgess charmed the Observer’s man in MoscowSecret files released by MI5 reveal how the Observer’s Russia correspondent formed an uneasy friendship with the British defector in 1958
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Russian banker sentenced to prison in US for conspiracy in spy ringEvgeny Buryakov, who allegedly gathered information on potential sanctions on Russian banks, pled guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered in US
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Presidential candidates may be vulnerable to foreign hackers, US saysUS national intelligence already has ‘some indications’ that campaign networks are being spied on, as government works to tighten security against cyberattacks
‘Increasingly aggressive’ Russia a growing threat to UK, says MI5 head