In SpyTalk, veteran intelligence reporter Jeff Stein reviews a diverse slew of recent books in the realm of espionage and national security. Three recommendations A Hollywood feature on The Trial of the Chicago Seven, coming October 16, starring Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen and Frank Langella, among others, as the colorful anti-Vietnam War defendants, their lawyers and...
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SpyTalk: How Chinese Intelligence Penetrated the CIA
In SpyTalk, a new email newsletter, veteran journalist Jeff Stein leads off with a report on the recent indictment of Alexander Ma, a former CIA officer who allegedly spied for China’s Ministry of State Security, and a relative who allegedly helped him. The secrets the two Ma’s spilled included the identity of five CIA agents,...
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Former Army Officer Charged With Spying for Russia’s GRU
It has not been a good time for U.S. counterintelligence. First, came the news that Chinese intelligence service had inserted a penetration agent in the CIA. Now comes the news that Russian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate, the GRU recruited a spy from the U.S. Army. The GRU allegedly offered Afghan rebels a bounty for killing...
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China’s MSS Penetrated CIA, Says Justice Department
Russia gets America’s attention but Chinese intelligence gets America’s secrets. A new criminal case shows that Chinese intelligence penetrated the CIA via two former CIA officers. One was Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, who went from being a CIA spy to MSS informant. According to court documents, Ma began working for the CIA in 1982, maintained...
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India’s First Spymaster: R.N. Kao’s Life in New Spy Thriller Web Series
Binge Watch News and India Today report the story of India’s first spymaster will be coming to screens of the world’s second most populous nation. The Research and Analysis Wing has been in the news because of a recent border skirmish between India and China. Kao was a remarkable character who made his reputation in...