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The Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage (External Documentation and Counter-Espionage Service), abbreviated SDECE (French:), was France's external intelligence agency from 6 November 1944 to 2 April 1982, when it was replaced by the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE).
Pages in category "Espionage scandals and incidents" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
People charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 (3 C) People convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917 (71 P) People killed in United States intelligence operations (1 C)
VIENNA (AP) — Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel. Egisto Ott was arrested March 29.
It was an intelligence agency of the Minister of Interior, charged with conducting counter-espionage (in particular in economic matters), and, since the end of the Cold War, also with counterterrorism issues. It was abolished in 2008 and merged into the DCRI. RG: General Intelligence Directorate – Direction centrale des renseignements généraux.
In 1997, he pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. [2] April 1996 – Kurt G. Lessenthien, a petty officer in the United States Navy was charged with attempted espionage for offering Top Secret submarine information to the Soviet Union. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced to 27 years in military prison. [2]
A US sailor who served in Japan was found guilty on Friday at a general court martial for attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted violation of a lawful general order.
Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and ...