Espionage
Florida moves against foreign theft of intellectual property

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 07, 2021 01:33 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a pair of bills focused on “nefarious foreign influence and corporate espionage” —...

FILE - This undated, file photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. The Chinese Australian writer tried in Beijing for alleged espionage said he pleaded to a judge to reject evidence of what he had said while being tortured by interrogators. Yang faced a closed trial on Thursday. The court deferred its verdict to a later date.(Chongyi Feng via AP, File)
Man urges Chinese judge to reject torture-tainted evidence

By Rod Mcguirk May. 31, 2021 03:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 13, 2021, file photo, Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not shown, holds a joint news conference at the State Department, in Washington. Australian Foreign Minister Payne has labeled the incarceration of Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who has been tried in Beijing for alleged espionage a case of arbitrary detention. Yang faced a closed trial Thursday, May 27. The court deferred its verdict to a later date.(Leah Millis/Pool via AP, File)
Australia says citizen is in arbitrary detention in China

By Rod Mcguirk May. 28, 2021 06:42 PM EDT

Australian ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, left, is checked by policemen outside the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court as he arrives to attend the espionage charges case for Yang Hengjun, in Beijing, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Fletcher said it was “regrettable” that the embassy was denied access Thursday as a trial was due to start for Yang, a Chinese Australian man charged with espionage. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China tries Chinese Australian writer on espionage charge

May. 26, 2021 11:14 PM EDT

Roberto De Vita the lawyer of Italian Navy Captain Walter Biot talks with Associated Press in front of Regina Coeli prison in Rome, Friday, April 2, 2021. The Italian Navy captain accused of passing classified documents to Russia is defending himself by saying he didn’t have access to any information that would have compromised the security or strategic operations of Italy or NATO, his lawyer said Friday. (AP Photo/Paolo Lucariello)
Italy: Officer held for spying says he had no sensitive info

By Nicole Winfield And Gordon Walker Apr. 02, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

Policemen wearing face masks patrol at the compound of No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, Monday, Sept 22, 2021. The Beijing court was expected to put on trial second Canadian citizen Michael Kovrig held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms giant Huawei. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
2nd Canadian goes on trial in China on spying charges

By Sam Mcneil Mar. 22, 2021 03:38 AM EDT

Finland IDs hackers linked to parliament spying attack

Mar. 18, 2021 11:24 AM EDT
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s domestic security agency said Thursday that the cybergroup APT31, which is generally linked to the Chinese government, was likely...

FILE - In this file image made from March 28, 2018, video, Michael Kovrig, an adviser with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based non-governmental organization, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. A Communist Party newspaper says China will soon begin trials for two Canadians, Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were arrested in December 2018 in apparent retaliation for Canada’s detention of a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies. (AP Photo, File)
Newspaper: China to soon try 2 Canadians on spying charges

Mar. 12, 2021 03:40 AM EST

FILE - This Nov. 4, 2020, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington, with the Capitol in the distance. Legal experts raised alarm when U.S. court officials confirmed that their electronic case files had been compromised as part of a sweeping attack on U.S. computer networks. Russian hackers seemingly gained access to a vast trove of private information hidden in sealed files, and that could include trade secrets, espionage targets, whistleblower reports and arrest warrants. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Russian hack brings changes, uncertainty to US court system

By Maryclaire Dale Jan. 31, 2021 07:38 AM EST

Iran sentences Iranian-American to prison on spying charges

Jan. 26, 2021 07:20 AM EST
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian-American has been sentenced to prison on spying charges, Iran's judiciary reported Tuesday, the latest dual national held in the...

FILE - This photo provided by the Justice Department shows Zach Terwilliger, who Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed to serve on an interim basis as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Terwilliger said Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, he is resigning after nearly three years of prosecuting terrorists, spies and political operatives. Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is joining the private sector with a post at the Vinson and Elkins law firm.(Justice Department via AP, File)
U.S. Attorney in Eastern Virginia announces resignation

By Matthew Barakat Jan. 05, 2021 10:32 AM EST

Jonathan Pollard, left, and his wife Esther sit inside a private plane provided by American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, on route to land in Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel, arrived in Israel early Wednesday with his wife, triumphantly kissing the ground as he disembarked from the aircraft in the culmination of a decades-long affair that had long strained relations between the two close allies. (AP Photo/Israel Hayom)
Convicted US spy Pollard arrives in Israel, welcomed by PM

By Josef Federman Dec. 29, 2020 11:20 PM EST

China criticizes Trump suggestion it is behind cyber spying

Dec. 21, 2020 05:19 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Chinese hackers, not Russia, might be behind a cyber espionage...

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo, shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.All fingers are pointing to Russia as author of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies. But President Donald Trump, long wary of blaming Moscow for cyberattacks has so far been silent. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

By Jill Colvin And Matthew Lee Dec. 20, 2020 12:45 AM EST

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe looks on as President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US intelligence director says China is top threat to America

By Deb Riechmann Dec. 04, 2020 04:34 AM EST

In this frame grab from Iranian state television video aired Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is seen in Tehran, Iran. Iran has freed Moore-Gilbert, who has been detained in Iran for more than two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, state TV reported Wednesday. (Iranian State Television via AP)
Australian leader thrilled at Iran's release of academic

By Nick Perry Nov. 25, 2020 12:42 PM EST

Judge: Ex-CIA officer spy case too complex for speedy trial

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Oct. 29, 2020 04:07 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A case against a former CIA officer accused of spying for China is too complex for a trial to happen until at least September 2021, a judge...

The entrance to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on Constitution Avenue NW, is seen, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Singapore man sentenced to prison for spying for China in US

By Eric Tucker Oct. 09, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

Kristinn Hrafnsson editor in chief of Wikileaks gives a statement outside the Old Bailey in London, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as the Julian Assange extradition hearing to the US ended, with a result expected later in the year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
WikiLeaks' Assange won't get US extradition ruling this year

By Pan Pylas Oct. 01, 2020 01:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A London court has heard that Julian Assange’s conversations in the latter part of his seven-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet. Two anonymous witnesses who worked for a Spanish firm with a security contract at the embassy said the WikiLeaks founder faced an intensifying bugging operation after Donald Trump became U.S. president. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Assange bugged while at Ecuadorian Embassy, UK court told

By Pan Pylas Sep. 30, 2020 12:43 PM EDT