crime France puts Freemasons on trial for hit squad murders Ellsworth Toohey

News Someone is jamming a mysterious Persian shortwave spy signal Ellsworth Toohey

Technology "Weird Little Devices": first one listens to Cold War spy radio Ellsworth Toohey

politics "Bolton deserves to be prosecuted," says former CIA officer Michael Sellers Ellsworth Toohey

police New York man ran secret Chinese police station there Rob Beschizza

News Strange 1996 "Markovian Parallax Denigrate" Usenet posts remain a mystery Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction Jeff VanderMeer's "Absolution" is a dark mirror to the Southern Reach Trilogy Thom Dunn

Comics Old Dog is a clever sci-fi twist on the classic "one more job" story Thom Dunn

russia Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter as "spy" for American government Rob Beschizza

Comic Books "Spy Superb" is a fun new comic about the best and worst spy in the world Thom Dunn

russia Putin bestows Russian citizenship upon Edward Snowden Jason Weisberger

trump Trump's Special Master continues to run the FAFO court of justice Jason Weisberger

music Listen to this great instrumental soundtrack from a spy film that doesn't exist Thom Dunn

spies The real world of spies Devin Nealy

crime Nuclear engineer and wife charged with trying to sell nuclear warship data to foreign government Rob Beschizza

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn

Business US Interior bans Chinese drones and UAVs with made-in-China parts over espionage concerns — with few exceptions Xeni Jardin

china Hackers crack telecom networks across multiple continents to track a handful of targets Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife Cory Doctorow