I was a RAW spy, says Surjeet

Wearing a crisp white kurta-pajama, adorned with a black turban, Surjeet Singh reached the Wagha Border where his family received him on his return to home after 31 years of imprisonment in the Lahore Jail.

“I was a RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent. No one bothered about me after I got arrested. Don’t ask me too much,” Surjeet told the media after reaching Indian side of the border.

Held in Pakistan on spying charges in the early 1980s, Surjeet, 69, was released from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail early Thursday and made the road journey to Wagah before entering his homeland.

Read more: Deccan Chronicle

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I went to Pakistan for Spying - Confesses recently released Indian Sarjeet Singh

Speaking to Indian media just minutes after he crossed the Wagah Border into India, Sarjeet Singh confessed to his offense, saying that he went to Pakistan for spying, Express News reported on Thursday.

Sarjeet Singh goes home after 27 years after convicted of spying [Photo AFP / Express Tribune]

After the Ministry of Law and Justice approved his release on Tuesday, life sentence prisoner Sarjeet Singh crossed the Wagah Border, and after 27 years, stepped on his native  soil just a few minutes prior to this confession of being guilty.

It may be added that earlier a misunderstanding arose that an Indian terrorist Sarabjeet Singh, accused of planting bombs was being released, which created lot of enthusiasm in India. However, later the mistake was corrected as Sarjeet Singh was being released.

Read details: The Express Tribune

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Iran state TV shows CIA spy confession

[ via BBC News Middle East ] 18 Dec

Iranian state TV has broadcast what it says is the confession of an alleged CIA spy, a US man of Iranian descent.

The man, named as Amir Mirzai Hekmati, was shown allegedly confessing to a mission to infiltrate Iran's intelligence services.

The report said Mr Hekmati joined the US army in 2001 and received special training before being sent to Iran. He was shown speaking Farsi and English, describing his alleged mission to infiltrate Iran's intelligence ministry.

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Liam Fox: Russians will use Olympics to flood Britain with spies

[ Mail Online ] 4 Dec

Liam Fox (Photo PA)

Liam Fox, The former British Defence Secretary last night has alleged that Russia may want to use the next year’s London Olympics as cover  to flood Britain with spies.

Fox warned that Britain was powerless to prevent some "very unsavoury individuals" entering the country under the guise of protecting Russia’s athletics team. 

Fox even went to the extent of challenging the holding of the Olympics and wasting money on the event, which he claims could have been a better value of money if invested in Britian's Trident nuclear programme.

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Decipher "This Code" and become British Spy

[ Wired ]

The GCHQ — Britain’s secretive agency of intelligence experts — wants to find new spies. To make sure it has a candidate who’s up to scratch, the agency is inviting hobbyist cryptanalysts to try and break a code online.

A website called “can you crack it” is being spread through a viral campaign around social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The site shows a seemingly senseless jumble of 160 pairs of numbers and letters, and a box to enter some kind of answer.

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