Taiwan Mistake Triggers China Spy Probe and Executions
Chinese security services launched a broad espionage purge after a Taiwan Defense Ministry statement about unarmed missiles tipped off Beijing. A Chinese general, his mistress, and a senior colonel were executed last August amid multiple cases, amid Taiwan’s ongoing spy network challenges and China’s $7.3 billion military upgrade.
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U.S. Expels Cuban Official Over Espionage Ties
The State Department ordered a Cuban diplomat to leave the United States within seven days after FBI evidence linked a Miami INS supervisor, Mariano Faget, to passing classified information to Cuban officials. The Cuban interests section denounced the charges as a colossal slander.
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Gore attacks Republican campaigns over Confederate flag
Vice President Al Gore targets Bush and McCain in South Carolina related to flag removal, abortion rights, and alleged bigotry while campaigning in New England. He criticizes Bob Jones University ties and a magazine editor linked to neo Confederacy efforts, downplaying clashes with Bill Bradley on gun control.
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