Read more espionage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1878/espionage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:17:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73616/iran-accuses-american-hikers-of-espionage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe three American hikers detained by Iran in July have been accused of espionage, a senior Iranian prosecutor says. The three, who the US maintains were on a hiking vacation in Iraq when they accidentally strayed across the poorly-marked border, "have been accused" and the investigation is ongoing, he says,...http://www.newser.com/story/73616/iran-accuses-american-hikers-of-espionage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:23:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73144/russian-sports-concert-tycoon-gunned-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former KGB agent turned sports- and concert-promoter was gunned down today in Moscow, with the submachine gun-toting assailants pulling alongside Shabtai von Kalmanovic’s Mercedes and killing him nearly instantly in a hail of bullets. Kalmanovic, 60, brought stars of the WNBA to Russia during its off-season to play for...http://www.newser.com/story/73144/russian-sports-concert-tycoon-gunned-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72072/top-us-scientist-busted-for-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA leading American space scientist has been charged with attempted espionage after being busted in an FBI sting operation. Stewart Nozette, who worked on classified aerospace projects for agencies including NASA and the Department of Defense, was arrested when he attempted to pass secrets to an FBI agent posing as...http://www.newser.com/story/72072/top-us-scientist-busted-for-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 5:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69606/rings-writer-tolkien-trained-as-wwii-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien secretly trained as a British spy in early 1939, the Daily Telegraph reports. Newly released records show that Tolkien—one of his generation's foremost linguists—was given spy training along with 50 other intellectuals and had been picked to join the team trying...http://www.newser.com/story/69606/rings-writer-tolkien-trained-as-wwii-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 4:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62372/spying-101-us-wants-colleges-to-train-007s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's like a cloak-and-dagger version of ROTC. The government wants universities to help train the next generation of spies, the Washington Post reports. The proposed program would recruit first- and second-generation students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the Mideast and Asia in particular, and run them through a specialized set of...http://www.newser.com/story/62372/spying-101-us-wants-colleges-to-train-007s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 9:28:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61657/no-false-flag-for-china-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Pentagon official who said he was tricked into giving classified information to China by an agent who claimed to work for Taiwan was actually aware for a full decade that he was dealing with China, the AP reports. The indictment today of James Fondren Jr also revealed that Fondren...http://www.newser.com/story/61657/no-false-flag-for-china-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 21:12:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61205/fidel-disses-comic-strip-spy-charges-for-us-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFidel Castro has dismissed the charges against an American couple charged with spying for Cuba as baseless, reports Reuters. While he has not confirmed or denied the accusations against former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Castro wrote on his website that he had no memory of...http://www.newser.com/story/61205/fidel-disses-comic-strip-spy-charges-for-us-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Jun 2009 5:04:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58898/pentagon-official-accused-of-aiding-chinese-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Pentagon employee has been charged with conspiracy to share classified information with someone he thought worked for the Taiwanese government who was actually an agent of China, according to documents unsealed today. James Fondren Jr. was allegedly party to an espionage conspiracy from 2004 to 2008. Fondren, 62, has...http://www.newser.com/story/58898/pentagon-official-accused-of-aiding-chinese-spy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 15:04:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58808/nabbed-oracle-spy-rocks-americas-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSkulduggery has once again hit the world's foremost sailing race with charges that a spy for US billionaire Larry Ellison's BMW-Oracle team was nabbed snooping on a rival, the Times of London reports. Spokesmen for Alinghi, the Swiss holders of the America's Cup, say they caught the spy sneaking around...http://www.newser.com/story/58808/nabbed-oracle-spy-rocks-americas-cup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 2:19:52 CDT