'Russian spy' Anna Chapman from Facebook

Feckless and lazy, but the Russian spy ring was real

Thu 1 Jul, AT 11:28 Alexander Cockburn

The network of low-profile spies set up by Russia would have been useful - if only the agents hadn‘t enjoyed American suburbia so much

'Russian spy' Anna Chapman from Facebook

‘Russian spy’ Chapman spent five years in London

News Wed 30 Jun, AT 17:40

But was she a ‘highly trained agent’ or an amateur who was in way over her head?

Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama burger diplomacy

Spy ring: what Obama and Medvedev knew at lunch

News Tue 29 Jun, AT 09:02

When the two presidents ate burgers last week, both were aware of the spies. Only one knew they had been rumbled...

Juanita Castro

Castro’s sister admits to collaborating with CIA

News Tue 27 Oct, AT 08:23

Juanita passed information after a secret rendezvous with a US agent in Mexico City

A century of MI5 and MI6

News Fri 24 Jul, AT 15:20

Britain's main intelligence services are 100 years old. From uncovering German spies to countering al-Qaeda, we examine their changing role

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