The major espionage activity at this year's games will take place far from the fields of play, in Beijing's hotels, with China's agents shadowing important foreign officials and businessmen and women. They have already shown a penchant for targeting the laptops and Blackberries of Western officials. See the whole story today in my weekly SpyTalk column.
Spy Games at the Olympics
By Jeff Stein | July 28, 2008 1:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tags: Blackberry, China, CIA, defectors, espionage
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