A general view of the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, in London. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
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Michael Casey (L) is shown here with U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 12, 2023. Casey is now the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, talks to the press 11 July 2001. Gonzalo Espinoza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba
Former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee was sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiracy to spy for China. AP hide caption
Actor Roger Moore, who played secret agent James Bond in the '70s and '80s, holds a martini. A new book written by a former CIA officer details how restaurants and cafes "are in many ways the lifeblood of espionage." AP hide caption
Russia's Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
This undated family photo shows Matthew Hedges with his wife, Daniela Tejada. On Wednesday, Hedges was convicted of spying and given a life sentence by a court in the United Arab Emirates. Daniela Tejada/AP hide caption
The New York Times says the investigation took place against a backdrop of a major breach of CIA informants in China that began around 2010. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
An Oct. 28, 1985 photo of John A. Walker Jr., being escorted by a federal marshal as he leaves the Montgomery County Detention Center in Rockville, Md., enroute to a federal court in Baltimore. He was ultimately sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges. Bob Daugherty/AP hide caption
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Friday. Steinmeier will meet Secretary of State John Kerry this weekend to discuss allegations of U.S. spying. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption
Press materials are displayed on a table at the Justice Department in Washington on Monday before Attorney General Eric Holder was to speak at a news conference. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin as he answered questions on national TV Thursday in Moscow. Alexey Nikolsky/RIO Novosti/Kremlin pool/EPA/Landov hide caption
Suspected Banksy artwork appears on the side of a house, depicting government agents spying on a phone box near GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) in Gloucestershire, England, Sunday. Jules Annan/Barcroft Media/Landov hide caption
Who else might be watching? Britain's spies collected millions of images from video chats, according to the latest secrets spilled by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
British intelligence official Gareth Williams worked for Britain's MI6 before his death three years ago. Metropolitan Police/AP hide caption
Former chief counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke is a lead member of a panel appointed by the president to review the country's surveillance policies. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The seal of the CIA at the agency's headquarters in Virginia. Greg E. Mathieson Sr./MAI/Landov hide caption
Secretary of State John Kerry. Fang Zhe/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama in September at the G20 summit in Russia. She and other leaders have objected after hearing that the NSA was listening to their phone calls. Anton Denisov/Host photo agency/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein during a hearing in September on Capitol Hill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption