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Rogue spy Aldrich Ames hurt over 100 CIA ops, sold secrets to Soviets. Lessons from the double agent game

ThePrint Explorer looks at the lives of Ames & another double-agent, Major-General Dmitri Polyakov, which offer a peek into the shadow world of espionage.

Aldrich Ames dies in prison: The rogue CIA spy who sold secrets to Russia & shook up US intelligence

In 1994, he pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, admitting to being paid at least $2.5 million by Moscow in exchange for American secrets from 1985 onwards.

Fungus-coated wetsuit to shellfish venom pills, declassified papers show CIA plots to assassinate Castro

Plots, which ran in 5 phases from 1959-1963, are detailed in a 1977 internal investigation by CIA's John Earman, which were published online Thursday by National Security Archive project.

CIA used India as base to spy on China’s nuclear programme in 1960s, JFK assassination files show

According to the newly declassified documents, the ‘reconnaissance operation’ likely targeted Lop Nur test range in Xinjiang, where China conducted its first nuclear weapons test in 1964.

Who led Islamic State terrorists to Moscow? Hitler, Stalin, CIA all helped pave the road

After Islamic State-linked terrorists slaughtered over a hundred people at Moscow’s Crocus Theatre last week, Putin alleged that the West had pulled the strings.

Rabinder Singh spy scandal exposed R&AW’s ugly sides. But India hasn’t learned from its mistakes

Vishal Bhardwaj's Khufiya touches on the penetration of R&AW. The reel-world denouement, though, was quite different from the real-world ending.

CIA tortured, falsely accused Abu Zubaydah of being ‘no 3’ in 9/11. Then hid proof of abuse

In 'The Forever Prisoner', Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy unearth the story of 9/11-accused Abu Zubaydah, who never hated America nor was a member of al-Qaeda.

Kyiv’s depleted air defences, Russian general’s plan — leaked US documents give insights into Ukraine war

Expose also shows America eavesdropping on allies Israel & South Korea. It has already resulted in Kyiv altering some of its military plans, says an aide of Ukraine president.

Very unlikely that a foreign adversary was behind ‘Havana syndrome’: Report by US intel agencies

Symptoms first appeared to affect US officials in Havana in 2016, then in India, China, Europe & Washington. There was even speculation about use of microwaves & soundwaves.

At centre of Pakistan’s regime change row — Imran’s CIA lobbyist, a general, dissident envoy, spy

Former minister accused ex-Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa of 'plotting regime change' & making payments to undermine then Imran Khan-led PTI government in 2020.

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.