Eursoc Three looks into a US-Iran spy row
Today we report on the latest developments in the secret world of espionage alive around the globe.
Dateline: Tehran/10-11-09/8h59 GMT.
Three American citizens, back-packer-hikers, who have said they inadvertently crossed the border from Iraq into Iran have been charged with espionage.
At this time it is unclear as to which frontier the hikers entered Iran.
The US nationals have been detained at an unknown situation and have been denied normal 'UN/Geneva Convention' access to consular diplomatic officials.
US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, says: "We strongly believe there is no evidence to support any charges whatsoever".
If convicted in Iran's quasi-legal-Islamic high court tribunal, the three Americans, including one woman, could be sentenced to death.
Dateline: Los Angeles/05-11-09/21hOO GMT.
A former engineer for the aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, has been convicted of economic espionage as acting as a spy for China. Dongfan Chung, 73, has been accused of stealing restricted technology and Boeing trade secrets including information related to the space shuttle programme and the new Delta IV rocket.
The multiple spying charges against Mr Chung carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison in California.
Spying is a high-risk business. Sometimes you get caught for the wrong reasons. And sometimes for the right reasons.
As the instructors at the CIA training school in Virginia would say: Hope for the best.
And fear the worst.
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