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China accuses US spies of Asian Winter Games cyberattacks
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» BEIJING - Chinese security officials said on Tuesday they had implicated three US “secret agents” in cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin, offering a reward for information on the alleged spies.
Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship
AFP, Published on 27/09/2022
» MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed massive surveillance by the US National Security Agency on Americans and then sought refuge in Russia.
War in Ukraine offers redemption to maligned US intel community
AFP, Published on 10/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - Caught on the back foot by the Taliban's lightning takeover of Kabul last August, US intelligence services have earned a measure of redemption with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which they predicted and detailed with impressive precision.
Facebook whistleblower sits atop publicity juggernaut
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: Ex-Facebook worker Frances Haugen strode on stage to roaring applause in Portugal, the latest step in a trajectory that has diverged sharply from that of other high-profile whistleblowers who wound up in exile or ruin.
Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» COPENHAGEN - France warned Monday that alleged US spying on European allies using Danish underwater cables would be "extremely serious" if confirmed, as questions mounted over whether Denmark knew what the US was doing.
Trump pardons spark outrage
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» WASHINGTON - An angry backlash Wednesday met US President Donald Trump's pardons of corrupt Republican congressmen and security guards convicted of killing 14 civilians in a 2007 Baghdad massacre.
Trump to 'take a look' at pardoning Snowden
AFP, Published on 16/08/2020
» BEDMINSTER (UNITED STATES) - President Donald Trump said Saturday he will "take a look" at pardoning Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens.
Trump briefed on Russian bounties in February: report
AFP, Published on 30/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: Donald Trump received a written briefing about alleged Russian bounties offered to Afghan militants to kill American troops as early as February, The New York Times said Monday in a new report undercutting the US president's assertion that he was not told of the threat.
US Justice Department sues Snowden over new book
AFP, Published on 18/09/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden seeking to prevent the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor from profiting from his new book.
Trump says US intel chief Coats to leave office August 15
AFP, Published on 29/07/2019
» WASHINGTON - US intelligence chief Dan Coats will leave office on August 15, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, the latest high-profile departure from his turnover-plagued administration.