In late 1998 and early 1999, American officials leaked information about the use of Unscom by the United States as a cover to conduct spying of its own.
Despite Ms. Walter's concerns about consumers and privacy, NCR's automated checkout isn't above a little spying of its own.
But to keep digital intruders away from sensitive government information, some worry the government will have to do some spying of its own on the U.S. private sector.
And even the BBC, that bastion of HR kowtowing, has been accused of "spying" on its staff when it was forced to admit that nearly 150 staff email accounts have been monitored over a two-year period.
Iran said last week that several people had been arrested on suspicion of spying on its nuclear program, but it was not clear whether the five defendants who were cited on Wednesday were the same suspects.
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Should it stop Europe from investing in spy satellites of its own?
Without the millions of covert American dollars sent annually to Pakistan, the I.S.I. would have trouble competing with the spy service of its archrival, India.
In fact, the coup would turn out to be the high point in the spy career of its director, Kermit Roosevelt, a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt who died 10 days ago at the age of 84.
But Mark Mazzetti writes that the two need each other: Without the I.S.I.'s help, American spies in Pakistan would be incapable of hunting Islamic militants, and without the millions of covert American dollars sent annually to Pakistan, the I.S.I. would have trouble competing with the spy service of its archrival, India.
