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In this Nov. 11 file photo, Hezbollah fighters parade during a rally to mark the Hezbollah martyr day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Current and former US officials say the CIA's operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of US spies recently. Bilal Hussein/AP/File
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a July 2 broadcast on Al-Manar TV during which he defended the men indicted in the murder of a former prime minister of Lebanon. Current and former US officials say the CIA's operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of US spies recently. Al-Manar TV/AP
Alfredo Astiz, a 59-year-old former navy spy nicknamed 'the Angel of Death,' looks on as he waits for the verdict during his trial in a courtroom in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 26. Astiz is accused of participating in the disappearance, torture and murder of two French nuns, a journalist and three founders of a human rights group that he infiltrated while spying for the dictatorship. Victor R. Caivano/AP
Peruvian journalist Vicky Pelaez on assignment in Lima, Peru. Pelaez and her husband Juan Lazaro were among 10 suspects arrested in a sweep in the United States on June 27 as part of an alleged Russian spy ring and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the US Attorney General, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison upon conviction. Diario La Republica/AP
This June 20, 2004, image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Oct. 31, shows an FBI surveillance photo of Richard Murphy in Columbus Circle, New York. Murphy of Montclair, N.J., was one of a ring of Russian sleeper spies shut down by federal counterintelligence agents in June of 2010 in a case code-named 'Ghost Stories.' The arrest led two weeks later to the biggest spy swap between the US and Russia since the Cold War. FBI/AP
This image taken from the Russian social networking website "Odnoklassniki", or Classmates, shows Anna Chapman, who was one of nine suspects who pleaded guilty to procuring information in the United States for the Russian government. AP/File
Harold James Nicholson: The most senior CIA agent ever accused of espionage, he sold classified information to the Russians from 1994 to 1996. He is 13 years into a 23-year federal prison sentence. Central Intelligence Agency
Aldrich Ames: This CIA veteran was arrested in 1994 for spying for the Russians, passing them classified information over a period of nine years. For his services, Ames was paid close to $1.8 million, some of it in jewelry and expensive clothes. On April 28, 1994 he was sentenced to life without parole. Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Press/Newscom/FILE
Robert Hanssen: A career counterintelligence agent who pursued Russian spies for the FBI, he spied for the Russians from 1985 to 2000, passing along thousands of documents and the names of at least two double agents. Hanssen is now serving a life sentence in solitary confinement in a ‘supermax’ prison in Florence, Colo. His story was made into the 2007 film Breach, starring Chris Cooper. Hanssen's photo is seen here during a news conference in February 2001 in Washington, DC. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor/FILE
Ethel & Julius Rosenberg: The Rosenbergs were American Communists convicted of passing secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. Their execution in 1953 was the first of civilians for espionage in the US. The Rosenbergs maintained their innocence but Martin Sobell, a spy who was convicted with them, admitted years later that he and the couple were passing classified information. Here, Julius (Ethel not shown) is escorted by FBI agents to the Federal Building in New York in 1950. KPA/ZUMA Press/Newscom/FILE
The Cambridge Five: A group of former students at Cambridge University in England, the Five became spies for the Soviet Union during World War II, continuing through the 1950s. Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt spied for Moscow, and defected to the Soviet Union in the 1960s. John Cairncross also confessed to spying, in exchange for immunity, but denied being a member of the Cambridge Five. Kim Philby (r.) is seen in this undated photo. Newscom/FILE
Josephine Baker: An African-American dancer living in Paris who assisted the French Resistance during World War II, it was said that Baker even managed to charm the Nazis, which allowed her to move freely throughout Europe, writing secrets on her sheet music in invisible ink. She was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her service. Baker is seen here in 1951. Newscom/FILE
Richard Sorge: The German journalist worked with German and Japanese diplomats during World War II and passed information to the Soviet Union. He was arrested in Japan in 1941 and hanged for espionage three years later. Bundesarchiv
Mata Hari: Also known as Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod, she was a Dutch exotic dancer, pretending to be from Indonesia, who forged relationships with several high-ranking military officials. She was executed by firing squad in 1917 for allegedly spying on France for Germany and therefore causing the deaths of some 50,000 soldiers.
Nathan Hale: The American patriot volunteered to spy on British troops during the Revolutionary War, and was allegedly betrayed by his cousin, a British sympathizer. His last words, before being hanged on Sept. 22, 1776, were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." A bronze statue of Hale is seen here in City Hill Park, New York. Newscom/FILE
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/24
In Pictures: Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
A young US diplomat at the embassy in Moscow was arrested by Russian authorities on allegations he was spying and seeking to induce a senior Russian official into betraying his country for cash.
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