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Manuel Rocha, endine USA suursaadik Boliivias, tunnistas, et töötas aastakümneid Kuuba salaagendina. Mees mõisteti 15 aastaks vangi.

73-aastane Rocha tunnistas end süüdi välisriigi valitsuse agendina tegutsemises ja Ameerika Ühendriikide petmises. Samuti tunnistas ta end süüdi välisriigi valitsuse ebaseadusliku agendina tegutsemises ilma USA valitsust teavitamata, vahendab CNN.

Prokurörid on väitnud, et endine diplomaat tegutses aastakümneid „Kuuba luureteenistuste varjatud agendina“.

„Ma võtan täieliku vastutuse,“ ütles Rocha. Samuti ütles ta perele ja sõpradele, et tal on oma tegude pärast sügavalt kahju.

Kohtunik Beth Bloom küsis prokuröridelt, miks Colombiast pärit Rochalt USA kodakondsust ära ei võetud. Rocha kodakondsus on „hüve, privileeg, au“, mis saadi „pettusega“, ütles Bloom.

USA advokaadi abi Jonathan D. Stratton ütles, et valitsus kaalus tema kodakondsuse võtmist, kuid eelistas, et Rocha tunnistaks oma süüd. Lisaks märkis ta, et Rocha vanuses on 15-aastane vanglakaristus võrdne eluaegse vanglakaristusega ja kodakondsuse äravõtmisest oleks vähe kasu. Sellest olenemata on valitsusel võimalus seda ka hiljem taotleda.

Rocha töötas aastatel 2000–2002 USA suursaadikuna Boliivias ja 1990. aastatel USA huvide osakonna juhataja asetäitjana Kuubal. Samuti on ta töötanud erinevatel ametikohtadel teistes USA saatkondades.

Rocha kohtus mitu korda Kuuba luure liikmena esinenud FBI töötajaga ja oli nende vestlustes korduvalt USA-d „vaenlaseks“ nimetanud ning kiitnud Kuuba poliitikut ja revolutsionääri Fidel Castrot, selgus kohtudokumentidest.

Bugging devices were found in a room where Polish PM Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet .

First thing I thought about was the “waitergate” operation run by Russia where they bugged a restaurant where Polish politicians frequented

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish official said bugging devices were found in a room where the Polish Cabinet was scheduled to meet Tuesday, but another official later said the equipment was part of an old sound system in the building.

Some government opponents and analysts criticized the Polish secret services for apparently failing to properly identify the equipment and releasing information before they were sure.

But the government said the Polish special services had been vigilant and behaved appropriately, and that the Internal Security Agency was conducting further investigations in the case.

“Every day there is new information about various strange events that are directly or indirectly related to the aggressive presence of Russian and Belarusian services in Europe,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

The incident underlines anxieties in Poland, a NATO country that borders Ukraine, with a war nearby and warnings that Russia is increasing its activities against the West.

Those anxieties grew on Monday, when a Polish judge who had access to sensitive information fled to Belarus and publicly criticized Poland’s government while praising Russia and Belarus. He is now suspected of spying and is under investigation.

The Australian Federal Police confirmed on Thursday to the Australian Senate that they disrupted a plot by Chinese foreign intelligence in Australia to violently harm me and other Australian critics of the Chinese government like @veryvickyxu
. We were ''potential targets of violence'' and they were forced to raid individuals to disrupt the plot.

This testimony was before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Thank you to Senator James Paterson for asking these important questions.

Canada has done a detailed mapping of what it says are covert Chinese police operations within its borders and wants to explore a response with Group of Seven allies to a challenge faced by several nations.

Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of New York arrested by the FBI and charged with being a CHINESE AGENT.

Linda Sun, who worked as a top aide for Gov. Kathy Hochul, has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent for the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party- according to the indictment.

The defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the Chinese government and the CCP," United States Attorney Breon Peace says.

“The illicit scheme enriched the defendant’s family to the tune of millions of dollars. Our Office will act decisively to prosecute those who serve as undisclosed agents of a foreign government.”

Source: Fox 5 NY

"An alleged Chinese spy who became a business adviser for the Duke of York has been banned from Britain on national security grounds. The man became so close that he was invited to Andrew’s birthday party"

"MI5 allegedly discovered the businessman, 50, was a member of the [CCP] and was working for its United Front Work Department (UFWD)...Andrew authorised the man to set up an international financial initiative...to engage with potential partners and investors in China."

'a document found on the businessman’s phone appeared to suggest that Andrew was in a “desperate situation and will grab on to anything”. [It] featured questions asked by the Chinese embassy about the Eurasia Fund and a call with “The Duke”.'

Two US Army soldiers and one former soldier have been arrested on charges of selling military secrets to buyers in China, about the HIMARS MLRS and armored vehicles - CNN.

Two US Army soldiers and a former soldier were arrested Thursday, accused in indictments of selling military secrets to buyers in China, according to the Department of Justice.

The two US Army active-duty soldiers were identified as Jian Zhao and Li Tian, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington state. Zhao, a battery supply sergeant was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade and Tian is a health services administrator.

The former soldier, Ruoyu Duan of Hillsboro, Oregon, served in the Army from 2013 to 2017.

Tian and Duan were both charged with “conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property.” Zhao faces the same charge and was also indicted for obtaining and transmitting “national defense information” to an “unnamed individual not authorized to receive it.”

According to an indictment filed Wednesday in the US District Court for Western Washington, Zhao, who managed over $55 million worth of army property, was accused of selling nearly two dozen classified hard drives marked “Secret” or “Top Secret,” as well as sensitive US military documents and information pertaining to High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to buyers in China, including one “co-conspirator” based in the city of Changchun.

The sergeant also allegedly obtained and sold information related to the US’s military readiness in the event of a conflict with China.

The indictment stated Zhao received payments totaling at least $15,000 from August 2024 onwards.

A separate indictment in the US District of Oregon noted that between November 2021 and at least December 19, 2024, Duan and Tian conspired together to steal and transmit sensitive military information on the US Army’s operational capabilities, including technical manuals.

The indictment alleges Tian also sent Duan links to Google Drive accounts containing sensitive information on US military weapons systems, such as Bradley and Stryker US Army fighting vehicles.

“The defendants arrested today are accused of betraying our country, actively working to weaken America’s defense capabilities and empowering our adversaries in China,” Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi said in a news release.

“They will face swift, severe, and comprehensive justice.”

“These arrests should send a message to would-be spies that we and our partners have the will and the ability to find you, track you down, and hold you to account.” said W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Seattle Field Office. The case was investigated by the FBI and the Army Intelligence Command.

These arrests are among several cases in recent years involving people in the US armed services charged with sharing sensitive military information with others, including China.

In March 2024, a US Army sergeant was charged with leaking classified information about the military’s most advanced weapons to a foreign national claiming to live in Hong Kong in exchange for $42,000.

In August 2023, two US Navy sailors were charged with sharing sensitive military information with a foreign country, one of whom allegedly sent blueprints of a US radar system in Japan, and a National Guardsman was arrested in April after allegedly posting a trove of classified documents on social media.

FAA CONTRACTOR BUSTED FOR SPYING—FED THE IRANIANS 175 GIGS OF SENSITIVE DATA

Abouzar Rahmati, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former FAA contractor, just pleaded guilty to spying for Iran.

For seven years, he funneled 175 gigabytes of sensitive aviation and energy intel straight to Tehran.

From 2017 to 2024, Rahmati—an ex-lieutenant in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated terrorist group—used a cover story, met with Iranian intelligence, and even roped in his brother to deliver stolen files back home.

Sentencing is set for August 26.

He’s looking at up to 15 years behind bars.

Source: Fox News

Northrop Grumman missile plant exploded in the US.

The building of the Northrop Grumman plant, which produced intercontinental ballistic missiles, was completely destroyed by the explosion.

An April 16 explosion destroyed a building at Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems plant in Promontory, Utah, where the company makes solid rocket motors for government and commercial customers.

There was no immediate report of casualties, which occurred at 7:35 am local time. Local officials said they are investigating the accident.

in Bar’s affidavit was the claim that “on several occasions” Netanyahu explicitly told Shin Bet to conduct surveillance on citizens involved in anti-government protests, which he refused to do. Bar said the prime minister demanded the agency “provide details regarding the identities of Israeli citizens, protest activists” involved in any demonstrations against the Netanyahu government, and monitor those deemed to be “protest funders”.

Bar also alleged that Netanyahu had made clear to him that in a constitutional crisis, his loyalty must be to the prime minister and not the high court of justice. He also said “an effort was made to coerce me” to sign a document that would have helped Netanyahu avoid publicly testifying in court in a corruption case against him, which Bar pushed back on.

Major transport chaos in Spain after cable theft - over 10,000 passengers were left stranded on trains and at stations overnight

Unknown perpetrators cut copper cables at five different points along the high-speed line between Madrid and Andalusia