Robert Philip Hanssen (April 18, 1944 – June 5, 2023) was an American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States periodically from 1979 to 2001. His espionage was described by the U.S. Department of Justice as “possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S …
Category: Espionage And Transnational Repression in the US
Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
Switzerland investigated China’s oppression of Tibetans and Uyghurs living there and concluded that transnational repression is a threat to democracy, much like terrorism, because it erodes freedom of action and expression. And in the U.K., a government committee recently heard experts and victims as part of an inquiry into the issue.
Note: View the indictments in U.S. v. Wu Haibo et al., U.S. v. Yin Kecheng, U.S. v. Zhou Shuai et al. here.. The Justice Department, FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Departments of State and the Treasury announced today their coordinated efforts to disrupt and deter the malicious cyber activities of 12 Chinese nationals, including two officers of the People’s Republic of China …
Updated “China Threat Snapshot” reveals 60+ cases since 2021. WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released an updated “China Threat Snapshot” detailing more than 60 cases of espionage conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. soil in the past four years, including the transmission of sensitive military information, theft of trade secrets …