Tag: spying

UK Man Arrested in Germany, Accused of Spying for Russia

A British man has been arrested by German police in Berlin, accused of spying for Russia in return for undisclosed amounts of cash. The man, identified as 57-year-old David S., worked at the British embassy in Berlin, according to statements by German and British police. The arrest follows a joint investigation by German and British…


British Embassy Worker in Berlin Arrested on Suspicion of Spying for Russia

An employee at the British embassy in Berlin has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, German prosecutors have said. The man, a 57-year-old British national named only as David S., was detained on Tuesday following a joint investigation by the British and German authorities. In a statement, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office said…


German-Italian Woman Charged With Spying for China

BERLIN—A German-Italian woman has been charged with espionage on suspicion of being an informant for Chinese intelligence for several years, German prosecutors said Monday. Federal prosecutors say Klara K. is the wife of another suspect, Dr. Klaus L., who was arrested on suspicion of espionage last month following an indictment that they filed at a…


Government Surveillance of Americans: Easy and Easily Abused

Tucker Carlson claimed on air that he was being spied on by the National Security Agency (NSA), prompting outcries from the corporate media and the Left. But are Tucker’s claims really so far-fetched? The NSA issued a carefully crafted response using intentionally vague language. But a careful reading of the NSA’s statement made clear they…


Man Charged in Germany With Spying for China

BERLIN—Germany has arrested and indicted a man suspected of spying for China’s secret service, the prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. The man, identified as Klaus L. according to German reporting rules, is a political scientist and had worked at a think tank since 2001, the prosecutor said in a statement. He was recruited by the…


US Says It Stopped Spying on Allies in 2014: Norway PM

OSLO—Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday the United States had given assurances it had stopped spying on its allies in 2014, after Oslo launched a protest against the practice. Norway called in the U.S. ambassador, she said, after a report that the U.S. National Security Agency had used a partnership with Denmark’s foreign…


Baltic States Join NATO Allies in Kicking out Russians for Spying

PRAGUE/VILNIUS/MOSCOW—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Friday joined a fast-growing list of NATO and EU members demanding the removal of Russian diplomats for alleged spying, in actions that have infuriated Moscow and look certain to provoke further retaliation. A spate of tit-for-tat expulsions has plunged ties between Russia and countries of the former Soviet bloc to…


Finland IDs Hackers Linked to Parliament Spying Attack

HELSINKI—Finland’s domestic security agency said Thursday that the cybergroup APT31, which is generally linked to the Chinese regime, was likely behind a cyberspying attack on the information systems of the Nordic country’s parliament. The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, known by the abbreviation Supo, said it had “identified a cyber espionage operation targeted in 2020…