WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey congressman has called on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate New York Police Department intelligence-gathering programs that mapped and monitored Muslim neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
An Associated Press investigation recently revealed the existence of a secret NYPD team that used plainclothes officers to eavesdrop inside Muslim businesses and maintained a list of 28 countries that, along with “American Black Muslim,” it considered “ancestries of interest.”
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“Based on suspicions that were raised in mid-June, we began working closely with law enforcement,’’ chief executive Daniel McGahn said yesterday. “Have no doubt: We are determined to protect our intellectual property and the interests of our shareholders.’’
The former American Superconductor employee, who as not named in the documents, was arrested in Austria in July and charged with economic espionage. He is awaiting trial, the company said. The former staffer stole software source code used to control wind turbines and passed it to Sinovel, the company said. Sinovel could not be reached for comment.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — The New People’s Army’s Front 88 in the hinterlands of Bukidnon province has admitted to arresting six peddlers of sleeping mats for alleged espionage.
In a telephone interview Friday, Ariel Inda Magbanwag, spokesperson for NPA’s Bukidnon-North Central Mindanao Area, said the peddlers, reported missing for over a month now, were caught doing surveillance work while selling their wares door-to-door.
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As Ottawa fosters closer economic ties with Beijing, the news that a Conservative MP exchanged flirtatious emails with a reporter from China’s state-run news agency has raised questions about whether Chinese spies have developed relationships with Canadian officials.
Last week, a series of emails came to light that appeared to reveal a close friendship between Bob Dechert, MP for Ontario riding Mississauga-Erindale, and Shi Rong, a Canada-based reporter for China’s state news agency, Xinhua.
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American Superconductor Corp. alleged that a Chinese maker of wind turbines hired a former employee to steal its technology. The Devens company registered a complaint with officials in China and is seeking criminal complaints against Sinovel Wind Group. The former employee was arrested in Austria in July and charged with economic espionage. The former staffer stole software source code used to control turbines and passed it to Sinovel, the company said. Sinovel has denied those claims.
