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Espionage


1986 San Francisco Federal jury convicts Navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage

1986 Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage

1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany

1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage

1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage

1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain

1954 Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed

1953 Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage at 37

1953 GDR Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"

1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage

1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins

1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)

1950 U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage

1915 Julius Rosenberg, New York City, 1st U.S. civilian executed for espionage

1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage

1889 James Stephenson, actor, Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew


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