espionage

They were accused of espionage, a charge which the couple and their family deny.

"He drew on his experience as a fighter pilot in World War II and his subsequent role in espionage, supplying intelligence from Washington to Prime Minister Winston Churchill," said Mr Phillips.

This espionage campaign targeted roughly 30 entities across the U.S. and allied nations, with Anthropic validating “a handful of successful intrusions” into “major technology corporations and government agencies.”

The justice department would only prosecute "instances of alleged conduct similar to more traditional espionage by foreign government actors", she wrote.

China has rejected claims of espionage as "pure fabrication".