Mr. Dvoracek narrowly escaped the death penalty, a common punishment for espionage, and eventually served a 14-year sentence, including hard labor in a uranium mine.
"People see the video and say, 'Oh, well, if he was a spy tossing around chips, then he deserves to die.' " Homing beacons are common in policing and espionage.
Political espionage is a common practice in our country, but the fact that it is so common does not make it legal, but one of the most unpunished crimes practiced and encouraged by public officials," Monreal, who now is the head of the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City, added.
Like Mr. Wu, Mr. Li had previously been convicted in China of espionage -- a common accusation against political critics -- and then deported to the United States.
Beyond Ant, the report claims Equifax firm was also concerned when an unnamed Chinese firm swapped members of its delegation in the run-up to a meeting, a tactic that is apparently common among potential cases of espionage.
The paper reports that "diplomatic" and "economic" espionage is quite common for the NSA "an electronic omnivore of staggering capabilities".
Turing was never accused of espionage, but in common with all who had worked at Bletchley Park, he was prevented by the Official Secrets Act from discussing his war work.
Accusations by Iran of espionage inside its borders are common, and Iran often announces that it has captured or executed people it says are spies for Western powers and Israel.
In the hazy realms of anti-Israeli espionage, Dr Klingberg has little in common with Mordechai Vanunu, who was jailed for 18 years in 1986 for revealing Israeli nuclear secrets to a British newspaper.
