AllanLengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has released some gems; videos, photos and documents relating to the arrests of 10 Russian spies last year. Along with the materials, the FBI noted that the spy ring was “a chilling reminder that espionage on U.S. soil did not disappear when the Cold War ended. The highly publicized…
Jeff Stein By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Two longtime veterans of the intelligence wars between Russia and the West say it’s inconceivable that the spies deported to Moscow Friday didn’t detect FBI surveillance years ago. And that, they say, could explain why the FBI never produced evidence in court that the “illegals” had…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – In the end, it left me scratching my head. Russian spies. Huh. So 60s. So Sputnik-era like. Forgive me, but some how, with al Qaeda and every other hell-bent-to-destroy-America group out there, Russian spies don’t seem all that threatening. Nonetheless, the FBI arrested 10 last week. And on Thursday…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who says the Cold War is over? The FBI said Monday that it had arrested 10 people for allegedly spying for Russia in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. The new service said the goal was to penetrate U.S. government policy making circles. The Associated Press reported that court papers show…
By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Which is it now — imminent terrorist threat, or no threat? Certain or uncertain? Only last month U.S. intelligence officials were saying the Nigerian underwear bomber slipped through their nets because they didn’t think al Qaeda could or would mount another attack here. Yesterday, they warned that a…
It’s always mind boggling when someone gets aways with spying for decades. It makes you wonder: Were they really that good or did some people simply miss some hints that something might have been amiss? By Mary Beth Sheridan and Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — He was a courtly State Department…
The FBI is walking a tightrope these days when it comes to ties to Muslim communities in the U.S. Last summer, it cut off official ties to CAIR, a Islamic advocacy group because of its ties to Hamas. And the Muslim communities’ distrust of the FBI in the post-9/11 era is still real. The FBI…
Documents unearthed in Iraq are giving investigators insights into who spied for Saddam Hussein. Indictments like this have been popping up around the country. By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Writer An Iraq-born Canadian citizen who was picked up at the U.S. border last week was charged Monday with conspiring to spy for Saddam Hussein and…
