It's hard to say anymore if this is the most egregious violation of privacy revealed under leaked documents detailing government espionage of digital sources, but capturing nude and sexual images from unsuspecting users not aware they're being targeted, and not being targeted for any reason in particular, is definitely right up there.
The withdrawal of all felony charges, and acceptance of no jail time for Drake, will likely be seen as evidence that the government overreached in using the Espionage Act against news sources rather than spies.
Journalists have faced increased threats during the Obama years, both in the government's severe crackdown on leaks and the record use of the Espionage Act to prosecute sources who provide classified information to the media.
It is thought that as many as 20 other companies including internet and mobile phone businesses were also being attacked in order to carry out political surveillance, or industrial espionage, according to the source.
But the Soviet penetrator Aldrich Ames breezed through two of those tests, causing our counterspies to lower their guard and ignore obvious clues to the source of espionage that cost the lives of 10 U.S. agents in Russia.
(The United States is not on the current list, but that is not necessarily a reason for complacency; lately, the government has been aggressively pursuing investigative reporters' sources, under the Espionage Act).
In addition, U.S. naval forces could react more forcefully when harassed by armed speed boats operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's paramilitary and espionage contingent, three of the sources said.
This time, officials say, the attackers' aim is not espionage but sabotage, and the source seems to be somewhere in the Middle East.
His tiny studio also contained hundreds of books on art, politics, banking, history and espionage that had served as source material for his charts.
This time, officials say, the attackers' aim is not espionage but sabotage, and the source seems to be somewhere in the Middle East, David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report in The New York Times on Monday.
