China Imports Workers to Construct U.S. Embassy, Sparking Anger, Suspicion Jul 28, 2008
China's tight control over the construction of its embassy, about four miles from the White House, may be spurred by a history of espionage between geopolitical rivals, says , a former U.S. assistant defense secretary. The U.S. of an embassy building in Moscow in 1985 after American officials found eavesdropping devices lodged in its walls. (Bloomberg -- US)
Surprise kids with gift of travel Nov 28, 2007
The museum is home to 600 artifacts that present an overview of the history of espionage from the Greek and Roman empires, the British empire, the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, the World Wars, and the post-WWII Cold War years. The Web site lists special exhibits, tours, ticket prices and hours. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Book Review: Spy Wars Jun 2, 2007
Evan Thomas, an editor at Newsweek, is the author of "The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the C.I.A." and, most recently, "Sea of Thunder.". " But Bagley and his colleagues did cut off the prize defector's chaperoned binges, his skirt-chasing and bar-hopping in out-of-the-way Baltimore dives. Instead, the agency forced Nosenko into army fatigues and closeted him in a bare, cell-like attic. He was given lie detector tests and verbally hounded, until, emerging from a "near trance," he "refused... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Spy-wise showMuseum reveals the tools of the secret agent's trade Feb 8, 2007
" And Harry Ferguson, a former MI6 officer who acted as an adviser for the exhibition, points out that the responsibilities are enormous for someone handling agents who routinely risk their lives. Finger pads and loggers Something else missed by Adrian, who is now a military historian, was artefacts from the history of espionage. From fruit jelly to a handy, cunning shield from fingerprints Even the spy rock is actually only a clever-looking copy of the one found in Moscow - if that itself was a... (BBC News)
Castro's Cuba: Quo Vadis? Jan 12, 2007
The U.S. Department of State issued a fact sheet on July 30, 2003, examining Cuba's history of espionage against the United States as the latest evidence that Castro's regime "has long targeted the United States for intensive espionage activities."16 Cuba probably has shared the output of his intelligence services with China and other U.S. rivals. The motivation clearly is more than defensive as Castro, who is pathologically anti-American, has been engaged in a protracted, asymmetrical conflict... (Ocnus.net)
