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She asked Pauken if he was spying on China or working for the Central Intelligence Agency, to which he said no.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In their lives, as Adams tells it, Rhodes had his family living in constant fear that the government was spying on them and that the apocalypse was always just months away.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Earlier this week, news emerged that police had arrested a researcher working in Parliament under the Official Secrets Act, amid claims he was spying for China.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

Later that year, Mr. Akbari was arrested and held for four months on accusations that he was spying for Britain, according to his brother and two family friends.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

To Monty, this sounded an awful lot like Olympus was spying on them, but she decided not to say anything about that.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti