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During the war, fear of being undermined by the enemy sparked restrictions on freedom of speech. As a result, thousands of Americans were prosecuted.
On the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth – A Clockwork Orange had a profound influence on the cultural and political landscape.
UK diplomats are thoroughly briefed on the pitfalls that could trap them on overseas service.
Russia has decades of experience setting “honeytraps” for spies, diplomats, and whoever else it wants to embarrass or blackmail.
Joe Corré’s stunt to end the Punk.London celebrations by torching lots of punk stuff misunderstands the movement completely.
Look back centuries ago and you’ll find the same obsessive secrecy, and the same justifications, as seen today.
The top cyberspy agency couldn’t stay immune from attacks forever. What does it mean for governments, companies and internet users as a whole that the NSA has been hacked?
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
For art to imitate life is understandable, but politics inspired by films can be a recipe for disaster.
The openness of the Internet gives an advantage to attackers – but what constitutes an act of war in the electronic world?
A public inquiry says the murder of the former Russian spy was probably approved by Vladimir Putin. So how will the UK react?
New papers shed light on the aftermath of the dramatic flight of two of the notorious ‘Cambridge Spies’.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
The protection of trade secrets is an area of concern for both countries and is more likely to lead to an agreement.
As the West and Russia go about rooting out each other’s spies, they also lose the ability to keep tabs on each other. Time to get back in touch.
The president of the European Commission has called for the EU to maintain its own spy agency.
Mystery malware capable of hiding itself in a hard drives’ internal electronics has been revealed, having spread worldwide for more than a decade.
Design details of Australia’s new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have been stolen by Chinese spies, according to reports this week, although it’s not clear whether the information was highly classified…
Rumours of a Russian submarine hanging around off the coast of Sweden have inspired much Cold War nostalgia. But while there is of course the chance that something fishy is going on, there are many plausible…
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