Tag: Spy

Maduro says ‘American spy’ captured near Venezuelan oil refineries

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Maduro says ‘American spy’ captured near Venezuelan oil refineries

“Yesterday we captured… an American spy who was spying in Falcon state on the Amuay and Cardon refineries,” Maduro said in a televised address in capital Caracas on Friday.

The individual, Maduro said, was a member of the US Marine Corps who worked with the CIA in Iraq, and was captured with “heavy, specialized weapons and a large amount of cash” in the northwestern state.

The arrest took place after authorities had “discovered and dismantled” a “plan to cause an explosion” at El Palito refinery in Carabobo state, west of the capital.

Did Australia’s China paranoia make ‘spy’ Wang Liqiang’s claims too easy to believe?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Did Australia’s China paranoia make ‘spy’ Wang Liqiang’s claims too easy to believe? | South China Morning Post

On Friday, the Sydney-based Daily Telegraph reported that Australian intelligence officials had briefed Prime Minister Scott Morrison on their assessment that Wang was not a Chinese spy “at a level that would attract any interest from Australia”.

‘Intel coup of the century’: CIA used Swiss encryption firm to spy on dozens of nations for decades – reports

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

While both China and the former Soviet Union were distrustful of Crypto AG and never made use of its products during Rubicon’s Cold War heyday, the compromised devices were used to gather intelligence during a number of high-profile geopolitical events – including spying on Iranian leaders throughout the 1979 hostage crisis, and to feed the UK information on Argentina’s military during the Falklands War.
— Read on www.rt.com/news/480627-cia-spied-swiss-firm/amp/