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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 .
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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]
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Chinese espionage in the United States; List of Chinese spy cases in the United States; Communist Party USA and American labor movement (1919–1937) Communist Party USA and American labor movement (1937–1950)
On July 6, 2001, he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. [65] [66] His spying activities have been described by the US Department of Justice's Commission for the Review of FBI Security Programs as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history". [67]
A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. [1] Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome.
This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. It includes Americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the United States. American Revolution era spies