spy on

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Last year, I congratulated “60 Minutes” for, without a hint of BS about UFOs and visiting aliens, dealing forthrightly with antagonistic foreign powers operating drones in the U.S. to spy on U.S. military sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In 2015 the German newspaper Kicker reported that Cologne - where Eckert was working as a youth coach - had sent an analyst to spy on Hamburg during a warm-weather training camp in Dubai.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The official was one of two men found guilty of helping China spy on dissidents in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

She further alleged that Schmidt had built a “backdoor” to Google servers with a team of company engineers that allowed him to spy on her and anyone with a Google account.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Howe’s plan was upset not by one of Major Clark’s agents but by a woman who became a spy on her own.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen