Spies

US advances nomination of Clayton, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence

Many senators were eager for Clayton to take up the post because they are unhappy with interim director of national intelligence, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist.

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A leafy fig tree, one thing the spies never let themselves taste.

Hiking the Holyland: On Derech Ha’Avot, tasting the sweet fruits the spies failed to see

The US Capitol building is illuminated the night the Senate passed a short-term government funding bill, more than a month into the longest US government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025.

Trump pauses Senate efforts to confirm Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence - report

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Israeli man suspected of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence


Lebanon catches Israeli spy ring operating throughout country- report

The spy rings reportedly provided Israel with intelligence on Hezbollah and Palestinian factions in the country.

 Women walk under electricity cables in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon March 30, 2020

Iran targets its Azeri areas for 'Israeli spies'

Security services said the defendants were "engaged in fraud, forgery of documents, preparation and purchase and sale of illegal bank checks” and other offenses.

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

British author John le Carré dies aged 89

By casting British spies as every bit as ruthless as their Communist foes, le Carre defined the dislocation of the Cold War that left broken humans in the wake of distant superpowers.

British author John Le Carre poses for photographers with British actor Gary Oldman and Swedish director Tomas Alfredson at the UK premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in London

Haifa hosts the Jewish nurse who spied on the Nazis

“As soon as they knew I could speak German, they wanted me to work for military intelligence,” she said.

Marthe Cohn

Russian unit attempting to destabilize Europe – Security officials

Intelligence officials from four Western countries said that it's unclear how often the unit is mobilized, adding that it's impossible to know when and where it will strike.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Alleged U.S. spies get death penalty, jail sentence in Iran

Iranian security forces had captured a team of spies in July, the spokesman said.

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building is pictured in Langley, Virginia, U.S., August 14, 2008.

Shin Bet foils Iranian effort to recruit Israeli spies via social media

Recruits were asked to gather intelligence for future terrorist attacks.

Syrian handler who reached out to Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians for Iran

Iran says several suspected U.S. spies face possible death sentences

Iran said in August it had arrested "tens of spies" in state bodies, many of whom were dual nationals.

Iranians burn a U.S. flag during a protest against President Donald Trump's decision to walk out of a 2015 nuclear deal, in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2018.

Iranian media suggests possible Israeli spy alluded to in speech

Iran's Intelligence Minister: we brought under our control a member of a cabinet of a powerful country.

Iranians walk past a large picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a park in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016.

Alleged Iranian spies arrested for ‘surveilling Jewish facilities’ in U.S.

The Iranian agents were tasked with collecting intelligence on “entities and individuals considered by the government of Iran to be enemies of that regime, including Israeli and Jewish interests.”

THE DOWNTOWN skyscrapers of Chicago rise against the backdrop of Lake Michigan.