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Mueller says searches yielded evidence of Stone-WikiLeaks communications
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails. In a court filing on Friday, ...
Paul Manafort faces more than 19 years in prison, U.S. court papers show
Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, according to court papers filed Friday. Documents filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office reveal that Manafort faces the lengthiest prison ...
Itochu worker now detained in China for more than a year over espionage: sources
Chinese authorities have been holding a male employee of major Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. in connection with espionage allegations for about a year, sources familiar with the case said Thursday. The employee, who is in his 40s, was detained by state security authorities during ...
FBI charges ex-U.S. Air Force intel officer who defected with spying for Iran, revealing secrets
A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Justice Department also ...
Pompeo warns allies that permitting Huawei products could hinder cooperation with U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned U.S. allies Monday against deploying equipment from Chinese telecoms gear manufacturer Huawei on their soil, saying it would make it more difficult for Washington to "partner alongside them." The United States and its Western allies believe Huawei Technologies' apparatus ...
U.S. acting attorney general overseeing Mueller probe says he's not interfered
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday that he has "not interfered in any way" in the special counsel's Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job. The hearing before the House Judiciary Committee ...
An American who was dating jailed alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was charged with fraud Tuesday, adding a new twist in the sprawling investigations into Moscow's meddling in U.S. politics. Republican and National Rifle Association operative Paul Erickson was charged with one count of fraud ...
Spy novels, daigou and democracy: The many lives of Yang Hengjun, Australian writer held in China
A Chinese-born Australian writer detained by authorities in Beijing for suspected espionage has long been a divisive figure among overseas Chinese dissidents and activists. To his supporters, Yang Hengjun is a dedicated democracy activist who believed that China's autocratic system would, with time, necessarily liberalize. ...
President Donald Trump lashed out at his intelligence chiefs on Wednesday after they told Congress that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump tweeted. Democratic lawmakers serving on ...
The top U.S. intelligence official warned Tuesday that the United States is facing strengthening ties and a convergence of interests between China and Russia, just as policy changes on trade and defense by the Trump administration could cause allies to look beyond Washington — ...
Chinese state media has salty words for Canada over 'political interference' in Huawei case
Chinese state-run media on Monday decried the sacking of Canada's ambassador to Beijing, who was fired after he suggested that it would be "great" for Ottawa to release a detained Huawei executive, using a salty folk expression to lambaste Ottawa. The ousted envoy, John McCallum, ...
Canadian prime minister fires his ambassador to China after Huawei remarks
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fired his country's ambassador to China after the envoy said it would be "great" if the U.S. dropped its extradition request for a Chinese tech executive arrested in Canada. Trudeau said Saturday that he had asked for and accepted John ...
