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• Spies see poverty down, but resource fights ahead

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030, with most people middle class, connected by technology, protected by advanced health care and linked …

• Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World DETROIT (AP) — A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker’s hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade secrets for possible use in … 1

• Jury in NJ convicts Ill. man in military info case

  September 26, 2012 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An Illinois man who worked for a New Jersey-based defense contractor was found guilty Wednesday of taking trade secrets from his employer and presenting them in …

• US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya

  September 15, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, …

• US sends more spies, diplomats to Syrian border

  September 6, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is ramping up its presence at Syria’s Turkish border, sending more spies and diplomats to help advise the rebel forces in their mismatched fight against …

• Motorola trade secrets thief gets 4-year term

  August 29, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — A Chinese-born American convicted of stealing trade secrets from Motorola was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison in a case that both the judge and prosecutors …

• U.S., Russia conduct swap

  July 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 NEW YORK – In the biggest spy swap since the Cold War, 10 confessed Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America were ordered deported Thursday in exchange for four people convicted …

• U.S., Russia spy swap likely

  July 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Across a vast global chessboard, the pieces were set in motion Wednesday. In Moscow, Igor Sutyagin, an imprisoned physicist, was transported from a prison camp near the Arctic …

• Children in spy case in limbo

  July 3, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 NEW YORK – Children often ask the question “Who am I?” as they come of age, but that’s nothing like the identity crisis now confronting the sons and daughters of …

• Officials: Keep spy suspects jailed

  July 2, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 NEW YORK – One of 11 people charged with being part of a Russian spy ring told investigators that his loyalty to his handlers exceeded his commitment to his own …

• Alleged spies’ lives distinctly American

  June 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Richard and Cynthia Murphy grew lettuce in a backyard garden, walked their daughters to the school bus each morning, and swapped Christmas cards with old neighbors who …

• Officials charge 11 as agents for Russia

  June 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Federal officials on Monday charged 11 people on the East Coast as secret agents of Russia in a multiyear investigation that turned up allegations of a vast undercover …

• U.S. accuses scientist of spying

  October 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – A scientist credited with helping discover evidence of water on the moon was arrested Monday on charges of attempting to pass along classified information to an FBI agent …

• New charges filed against jailed ex-CIA agent, son

  January 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Harold Nicholson, who more than 10 years ago became the highest-ranking CIA officer to plead guilty to espionage, engineered a brazen scheme from behind bars in which he …

• Cia Blamed For Soviet Spy’s Success

  April 22, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Convicted spy Aldrich Ames. Photo by Associated Press

• Cia Says Agent’s Bills Led To Sale Of Secrets Alimony, Child Care Costs Strained The Salary Of Suspected Spy

  November 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 If the CIA is right, Harold J. Nicholson’s reasons for betraying his country may have been the most mundane in the world: bills. In 1994, when the FBI says he …

• In Unusual Move, Accused Spy Ordered Released On Bond

  October 1, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 In a move rarely taken in espionage cases, a federal magistrate Monday ordered Robert C. Kim, accused of spying for South Korea, released on $200,000 bond over objections from government …

• Alleged Cia Informant Arrested - A Year Ago

  September 26, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 A Russian man accused of giving the CIA information on Russia’s nuclear submarine program was arrested, news agencies said Wednesday. The man was arrested a year ago in St. Petersburg, …

• Spy’s Treason Had Far-Reaching Effects On U.S. Foreign Policies Declassified Cia Reports Show Extent Of Ames Scandal On Politics, Military

  December 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A12 Convicted Soviet spy Aldrich Ames. File/Associated Press