espionage

The recent arrest of an Australian soldier and her husband on espionage charges has brought Australian Defence Force recruitment processes into question.

Assange could be deported within 24 hours of the decision, but he could also be released, or find himself again bogged down in months of legal battles.

Some spies pretend to be journalists themselves, while others cultivate legitimate journalists in the hope they will gain access to classified information.

Why the move now to remove Australia’s spy chiefs from the peak intelligence body?

Senior opposition MPs believe the foreign power behind the ‘A Team’ spy ring is Beijing.

ASIO would not name the country, but revealed an ‘A-team’ of spies actively recruited locals to spy for a foreign regime.

Other countries are trying to discover everything from Australia’s defence capabilities to medical advances, and more needs to be done to stop them, ASIO says.

The convicted man’s daughter said the family haven’t seen any legal documents and there has been no confession to the alleged crimes.

The court noted hostile state actors are increasingly using non-traditional methods to obtain sensitive information in Canada that hurt the country’s interests.

‘Our purpose is to divide the US-European relationship,’ CCP Ministry of State Security Officer wrote in one of the messages.

As Big Brother looms large on every screen, the savvy practitioner must resurrect time-tested techniques to outsmart the puppeteers of miscommunication.

The path from the clandestine treason of Alger Hiss to the case of Robert Malley indicates a deeper rot in our politics.