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Ex-C.I.A. Officer Who Stashed Gold Bars Admits to Far Larger $145 Million Scam

A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden.

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At the time of his arrest, David J. Rush was at work on highly classified programs for both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges

August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.

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August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges

August Henning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot.

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August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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How RAF Fairford in a Quiet Corner of England Became a U.S.-Iran Flashpoint

A mysterious call last Sunday near a military base used by the U.S. set in motion a huge counterterrorism response and days of uncertainty in Britain.

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A police roadblock near the R.A.F. Fairford air base. Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain said on Wednesday that there were “strong indications that Iran played a part” in the previous weekend’s events there.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe

The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.

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A Latvian guard patrols the border with Belarus. Migrants have streamed into Latvia, many through considerable border defenses, cutting gaps in fencing or burrowing under it.
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