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Spycraft

Tech World

How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter

Two well-liked Twitter employees accessed thousands of users’ private information and illegally passed it to the Saudi Royal Family, per the FBI.

Alex Kantrowitz Buzzfeed Feb 2020 10min Permalink

Politics World

'The Intelligence Coup of the Century'

For more than 50 years, world governments have trusted a single Swiss code-making machine company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers, and diplomats secret. It turns out that company was run by the CIA.

Greg Miller Washington Post Feb 2020 Permalink

Crime

Inside the Mind of a Voyeur

Pete Forde was a good landlord and a great friend, or so his tenants thought. Then they discovered he was filming them in their most private moments.

Katherine Laidlaw Toronto Life Oct 2018 25min Permalink

History

The Amazing Story of the Russian Defector Who Changed his Mind

To the KGB and back.

Jason Fagone Washingtonian Feb 2018 20min Permalink