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MI5 and the FBI Evolved Alongside One Another, But Their Relationship Hasn’t Always Been Constructive
By Nigel West
Before the Berlin Wall, the KGB Used a Familiar Tool to Undermine Democracy in Germany: Disinformation
By Steve Vogel / History News Network
Virginia Hall Was America’s Most Successful Female WWII Spy. But She Was Almost Kept From Serving
By Sonia Purnell
How Odette Sansom Became One of WWII's Most Remarkable Spies
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Chinese Intelligence Official Charged With Stealing U.S. Aviation Secrets
The charges come as the Trump administration takes a harder line on China
By Tom Schoenberg and Chris Strohm / Bloomberg
October 10, 2018
Chinese LinkedIn Profile Scam Targeted German Politicians
More than 10,000 German citizens may have been targeted
By Joseph Hincks
December 10, 2017
Mata Hari's True Story Remains a Mystery 100 Years After Her Death
She was executed on Oct. 15, 1917
By Ray Cavanaugh
October 13, 2017
That Time the CIA Tried to Train Cats to Be Spies
On the 70th anniversary of the act creating the CIA, here's a look at one of the agency's odder moments
By Olivia B. Waxman
July 26, 2017
Why Trump Can't Stop the Russia Investigations
Investigators amass evidence under court supervision, regardless of who is in charge
By Massimo Calabresi
May 23, 2017
Chelsea Manning Petitions President Obama for Shortened Sentence
Manning was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for leaking government secrets
By Maya Rhodan
November 14, 2016
A U.S. Woman Has Been Charged With Spying in China
Sandy Phan-Gillis has been accused of "assisting external parties to steal national intelligence"
By TIME Staff
August 30, 2016
How the IRS Could Better Protect Your Tax Data
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 18, 2016
German 'Triple Agent' Caught Spying
Markus Reichel, who worked in the mail room at Germany's intelligence agency, passed classified documents to the U.S. and Russians
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
March 18, 2016
The Shocking Story of Hitler’s Jewish Spy
And the lesson it holds for us today
By John Broich / History News Network
February 8, 2016
The Russian Dissident Whose Poisoning Was Linked to Putin
Who was Alexander Litvinenko?
By Dan Stewart
January 21, 2016
What the CIA Told JFK and LBJ About Mao
And the real reason, it seems, that the CIA fought for decades to keep these documents secret
By Steve Usdin / History News Network
January 19, 2016
U.S. Intelligence Chief Doubts China Halted Espionage
The G-20 pledged this week to comply with cybersecurity rules barring commercial espionage
By TIME Staff
November 18, 2015
Edward Snowden Is On Twitter Now
@Snowden's first tweet seems to be directed at the NSA
By Tanya Basu
September 29, 2015
China Arrests American Woman, Accuses Her of Being a Spy
This comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States
By Tanya Basu
September 22, 2015
This Map Shows China’s Cyber Invasion Of The U.S. Is Well Underway
There have reportedly been more than 600 successful attacks in the past five years
By Chris Matthews / Fortune
July 31, 2015
PETA Accuses SeaWorld of Spying
Another weird turn in the SeaWorld saga
By Ben Geier/Fortune
July 14, 2015
How Real Is the Threat of a Cyberattack?
The threat of a state-sponsored cyberattack on the U.S. is inevitable and could potentially destabilize the global system
By TIME Video
July 7, 2015
The Other Pentagon Papers Secret: Few People Actually Read Them
June 30, 1971: The Supreme Court rules to allow the publication of articles about the Vietnam War’s origins, based on the Pentagon Papers
By Jennifer Latson
June 30, 2015
The Surprising Story of the Spy who Worked for TIME
Pham Xuan An was a respected reporter based in Saigon during the Vietnam War. But the information he brought this magazine's reporters was being given to the soldiers America was fighting
By Lily Rothman
April 29, 2015
Cuban President Honors Spies Jailed in U.S. as Heroes
The awards come despite thawing relations between Washington and Havana
By TIME Staff
February 25, 2015
U.S. Has Infected Foreign Computer Networks, Says Report
Iran, Russia, Afghanistan and Pakistan are among the nations allegedly infected with the malicious "implants"
By Rishi Iyengar
February 16, 2015
Feds Accuse 3 of Being Russian Spies in NYC
The suspects allegedly discussed methods to recruit local New Yorkers by falsely promising rewards in exchange for private documents
By Dan Kedmey
January 26, 2015
Hizballah's Failures Go Well Beyond an Alleged Israeli Mole
The so-called "A-Team" of terror has had a run of failures since the 2008 assassination of its mastermind. And Iran hasn't done any better.
By Karl Vick
January 6, 2015
Ex-Marine Held in Iran Goes on Hunger Strike
Dual U.S.-Iranian citizen Amir Hekmati was sentenced to 10 years for espionage
By Rishi Iyengar
December 17, 2014
Edward Snowden, Lupe Fiasco and More Wish Chelsea Manning a Happy Birthday
Michael Stipe called her a "patriot"
By Victor Luckerson
December 16, 2014
Germany May Counter U.S. Spying With Typewriters
The use of typewriters instead of e-mail was adopted by Russia last year following similar claims of U.S espionage
By Mirren Gidda
July 15, 2014
U.S. and Germany Make Nice Amid Espionage Claims
"We have enormous political cooperation and we are great friends," says Secretary of State John Kerry
By Aleksandra Gjorgievska
July 14, 2014
U.S. Spy Scandal in Germany Is Music to Putin's Ears
The rift in relations between Western allies could not have come at a better time for the Russian President
By Simon Shuster / Berlin
July 10, 2014
Germany Asks U.S. Intelligence Official to Leave
With tensions between the two allies already high
By Mirren Gidda
July 10, 2014
Germany, U.S. Mistrust Deepens Amid Spy Scandals
Just as the outrage over U.S. surveillance in Germany was starting to die down, a fresh set of allegations sends their relations into another tailspin
By Simon Shuster / Berlin
July 7, 2014
Germany Arrests Man Said to Be U.S. Spy
With relations between allies already tense over snooping
By Mirren Gidda
July 4, 2014
TIME Explains Chinese Hacking Charges
Here's what the Chinese military was looking for and why
By TIME Video
May 20, 2014
The U.S.'s Hypocritical Stance Against Chinese Hackers
The problem with taking a stand against China is that we've also been stealing secret data from them, a longstanding practice on both sides as old as the Cold War.
By Bruce Schneier
May 20, 2014
China's Strategic Campaign to Steal Western Commercial Secrets
The indictment lays down an important marker that strategic intellectual property theft will be treated as a serious breach.
By Michael Chertoff
May 20, 2014
What China's Cyber-Espionage Says About Its Economy
The Obama Administration's outrage over Chinese hacking has its roots in conflicting views of the government's role in private business. So don't expect a meeting of the minds anytime soon.
By Rana Foroohar
May 20, 2014
AT&T Strikes $48.5 Billion Deal for DirecTV
Welcome to #theBrief, the four stories to know about right now—from the editors of TIME
By TIME Video
May 19, 2014
Inside Putin's Eastern European Spy Network
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s well-organized espionage operations from the Baltic Sea to the Caucasus are described as "soft power with a hard edge," but his efforts across the region have been more systematic than the unrest in Ukraine suggests
By Massimo Calabresi
May 7, 2014
Why Obama May Release One of History’s Most Notorious Spies
Should the only American convicted of espionage and sentenced to life in prison be released?
By TIME Video
April 1, 2014
China Looks to Strengthen Internet Security After Spying Reports
Tensions increase amid reports that U.S. hacked into top telecommunications firm
By Maddy Fry
March 27, 2014
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