Former Army Green Beret Sentenced for Russian Espionage Conspiracy
(DOJ) A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, admitted to conspiring with agents of a Russian intelligence service. According to court documents, from December 1996 to […]
Defense Department Linguist Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Highly Sensitive Classified National Defense Information to Aid Hezbollah
(DOJ) A Minnesota woman pleaded guilty today to one count of delivering national defense information to aid a foreign government. According to court documents, Mariam Taha Thompson, 63, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, worked as a contract linguist at an overseas U.S. military facility where she was entrusted with a top secret government security clearance. Thompson pleaded […]
Visiting Stanford University Researcher Alleged to Be Member of China’s People’s Liberation Army
(DOJ) A federal grand jury issued a superseding indictment charging Chen Song with visa fraud, obstruction of justice, destruction of documents, and false statements in connection with a scheme to conceal and lie about her status as a member of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces while in the United States, the Justice Department announced yesterday. […]
Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy
(DOJ) A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with United States national defense information. According to court documents, from December 1996 to January 2011, Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, a former member of the U.S. Army, allegedly conspired with agents of a Russian intelligence service. During that […]
New Book on Nicholson Spy Case
Jim Nicholson was a GS-15 CIA operations officer when he volunteered to spy for the Russian SVR intelligence service (shortly after another CIA officer, Rick Ames, was arrested in 1994). One of Nicholson’s job was training new CIA operations officers, and gave their names to the Russians. He was arrested in 1996. Later, while in jail, […]
Fool’s Mate: A True Story of Espionage at the National Security Agency
New Book about the Robert Lipka case, aka the “Rip Van Winkle” spy. Fool’s Mate: A True Story of Espionage at the National Security Agency: Whiteside III, John W: 9781493597055: Amazon.com: Books He was an NSA employee who spied for the KGB in the 1960s, went dormant, but got caught in the 1990s. His words: […]
Robert Patrick Hoffman sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempted espionage
DOJ Press Release (10 Feb 14): Former Sailor Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempted Espionage Robert Patrick Hoffman II, 40, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for attempting to commit espionage against the United States. John P. Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s […]
Shipyard worker’s foreign contacts get him in trouble
Pearl Harbor shipyard worker denounces anonymous claim of spying (Stars & Stripes) A senior Pearl Harbor shipyard manager says he was falsely accused of espionage, taken off the job in March and has not been paid since July — even though an investigation cleared him of the “foreign influence” allegations. Gerald “Gino” Palermo, a former submariner […]
Discovery of Russian spy in Canadian navy set off sabotage fears
(Toronto Star) The discovery of a Russian spy in the ranks of Canada’s military sparked a cyber search to discover whether he had sabotaged government computers with a virus, the Star has learned. And in the wake of the serious spy incident that cost Canada credibility with its allies, top officers concluded the Defence Department’s security […]
Robert Hoffman Espionage Trial (Updated)
(Latest news at bottom) FBI targeted alleged spy by pretending to date him (Virginian Pilot) Step one to building an attempted-espionage case: Respond to your target’s personal ad on Craigslist. Step two: Pose as a single woman interested in a relationship and exchange dozens of emails. Step three: Go on a couple of dates at […]
Trial begins in Norfolk for ex-sailor accused of spying for Russians
(Virginia-Pilot) The trial of a former sailor charged with trying last year to give “top secret” information to Russian agents began today in U.S. District Court. Defense attorneys for Robert P. Hoffman II asked the court for a postponement, noting the publication this month in The Virginian-Pilot of a 12-part series about the John Walker family […]
Scientist and wife plead guilty to espionage involving nuclear weapons
(Examiner) Two contract workers for a U.S. nuclear facility pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on Friday to espionage charges involving classified nuclear weapons information, according to Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin. Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Argentina, and Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, a U.S. citizen, […]
Former US Federal Employee Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Espionage for Cuba
Unsealed Indictment Charges Former U.S. Federal Employee with Conspiracy to Commit Espionage for Cuba: Defendant Allegedly Helped Cuban Intelligence Service Recuit and Insert Spy into U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (FBI) WASHINGTON—A one-count indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Marta Rita Velazquez, 55, with conspiracy to commit espionage, announced […]
Insider Threat: Soldier Receives 16-Year Sentence for Attempted Espionage
FBI: A 22-year-old military police officer in Alaska has been sentenced to a 16-year jail term in connection with his efforts to sell classified documents to a person he believed was a Russian intelligence officer. In 2011, William Millay was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage when he began to talk to—and solicit help from—other […]
DIA intel analyst Ana Montes: Cuban Spy
A Most Dangerous Spy By Jim Popkin / Special to The Washington Post Published: April 27. 2013 4:00AM PST WASHINGTON — Ana Montes has been locked up for a decade with some of the most frightening women in America. Once a highly decorated U.S. intelligence analyst with a two-bedroom co-op in Washington, Montes today lives in a two-bunk cell […]
Espionage Update
A few updates on some espionage cases. The soldier arrested in 2011 for espionage pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on Monday. Economic espionage charges have been dropped against the Chinese researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Plus, an FBI Special Agent talks about how doing a security awareness briefing at the college alerted the […]
Former Navy Sailor Charged in Virginia with Attempted Espionage (Updated)
Robert Patrtick Hoffman, II 39 years old, born 1973 US Citizen, born in Buffalo, NY US Navy, 1991-2011 Petty Officer First Class, E6 Cryptologic Technician Held TS/SCI clearance with access to SAPs Resident of Virginia Beach, VA Attempted to spy for Russia, revealing to them methods to track US submarines Caught in an FBI sting operation […]
DIA Video About Jonathan Pollard Case
This 14 minute video “Jonathan Pollard: A Portrayal” produced by DIA’s Threat Countermeasures Branch. A US intelligence analyst, Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 after he was caught selling large amounts of highly classified documents to Israel. The video encourages American government employees to overcome inhibitions and proactively report suspicious activities. Actors portray “Susan” […]
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