Sentence examples for a potential spy from inspiring English sources

One said because Mr. Riera's work here included recruiting Mexican officials, it was possible that Mexico wanted to avoid a potential spy scandal in the government.

He had been interviewed by other F.B.I. agents and described in their reports as an avowed communist, a potential spy and a heavy drinker, but never as a potential assassin.

"By virtue of the fact that we have a potential spy problem, it makes you go back and relook at the way you do business and make modifications," he said.

"It always brightens up a dull Tuesday to hear that you've been in contact with a potential spy".

Labeled a communist sympathizer by some in Miami, and a potential spy by some in Havana.

Many recent-generation kitchen appliances come equipped with connectivity that allows for great convenience, but this benefit comes at a price – potential spying and security risks.

President Harry Truman didn't much like Hoover, and thought his FBI was a potential "citizen spy system".

While Bradley can be arguably condemned for releasing confidential information recklessly, Barrett Brown may have got too involved with Anonymous for his own good, and Edward Snowden is now being painted as a potential Chinese spy, what these three young men all have in common is their willingness to risk their lives for the greater good of free information.

Mr. Barron's testimony described the K.G.B.'s frequent use of sexual seduction to compromise potential spy recruits.

Reading about Smiley, on the other hand, encouraged the potential spy to look for hidden depths in their spymaster, even if these weren't really there.

This remarkable collection testifies to the uneasy alliance of knowledge with power in the nuclear age through today an unease that drove the amassing of 'intelligence' on the nation's scientists, ranging from unfounded gossip to the occasional potential spy activity.