SPYING

Seven Navy sailors, hawala operator held for spying for Pakistan

The eight, arrested from different parts of the country, were produced before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Vijayawada which ordered them to be remanded in judicial custody till January 3. They were charged the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Chinese spies spook democracies from US to Europe to Australia

In Australia, it was reported Sunday that China offered a Melbourne-based car dealer a bribe to run as a parliamentary candidate before he was found dead in March. The previous day, media reports said that a man who spied for China in Hong Kong and Taiwan offered intelligence information to Australia and wanted political asylum.

China most likely to become sole global superpower by mid-21st Century: Mitt Romney

"First, China becomes the sole global superpower -- economically, militarily and geopolitically -- by the middle of this century. Second, China's ascension will be disrupted and halted by internal turmoil," he said.

Vladimir Putin was 'conscientious and disciplined' spy: KGB documents

In 2016, Putin -- who has been in power as president or prime minister for two decades -- revealed he had kept his USSR Communist Party membership card for sentimental reasons.

House Panel to discuss spying issue on Nov 15

"On November 15, we are meeting to discuss the real situation in Kashmir. We will take up the issue then", says Anand Sharman, Chairman of the Home Affairs committee.

Governments have always snooped in the name of national security

Earlier in January 2006, then politician Amar Singh had moved the Supreme Court crying foul that his telephones were being snooped upon by government agencies. The SC barred the media from publishing any leaks from the so-called telephone intercepts yet no one felt threatened by the then government’s action to snoop on a politician’s telephone.