Questions tagged [espionage]
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Industrial espionage - what must happen?
For someone to be charged & convicted for industrial/corporate espionage, what must be proven? The case I have come across is the 2007 McLaren scandal & that resulted in the biggest sporting fine in history, alongside fines and sentences for the…
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Is the China balloon breaking any laws?
There are news reports that China had sent a balloon over the USA. Some say it is reconnaissance and some say it is a weather balloon.
Has China broken any US or international laws, such as spying or trespassing?
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What are the most severe possible sentences faced by the three accused Russian spies?
Three Bulgarian National alleged Russian spies have been arrested and charged in the UK. What is their worst possible outcome on the other end of this?
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Are there examples of successful prosecution under the Espionage Act for non-classified materials (after that system was adopted)?
As discussed in the NYT regarding the FBI warrant executed on Mar-a-Lago
In particular, a third law the warrant references was Section 793, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison per offense. Better known as the Espionage Act, it was…
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Is it legal for US states spy on each other?
Are there known instances in which one state has infiltrated another to learn of its intentions, to promote an agenda, or to prevent an undesirable outcome?
Is this legal?
What are the penalties for such actions, should the agent be discovered?
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Why no right to a jury trial in Espionage Act trials?
Why are defendants in trials for alleged criminal violations of the 1917 US Espionage Act, -- as, say, Julian Assange would be if extradited to the US -- not afforded the same right to an open and public jury trial that all other defendants in…
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