Tag: spying
US hindered surveillance probe
Police have confirmed that the US Embassy in Oslo hindered a Norwegian government-ordered investigation into its surveillance practices in the capital. Police involved in...
Norway drops US surveillance case
Public outcry last fall over allegedly illegal surveillance of Norwegian citizens by the US Embassy in Oslo has ended with silent acceptance of the...
Ex-Labour leaders deny halting book
Former leaders of Norway's Labour Party, including current Council of Europe leader Thorbjørn Jagland, flatly deny a report in newspaper Dagbladet over the weekend...
Treholt demands apology for illegal surveillance
Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian diplomat convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Iraq, said Tuesday he was glad to hear that the...
Treholt vows to take case further
Convicted Cold War spy Arne Treholt has told the Norwegian media that he is considering a number of options for having his case re-opened,...
Secret spying unit ‘no surprise’
A leading foreign policy analyst says it should come as no surprise that Norway maintained a secret spying unit that operated in nine countries...
Computer security chief resigns
Government communications systems have been under fire in recent months over inadequate security measures. Now the man in charge of them has resigned, along...
Government secrets still going out
Top government officials in Norway have continued to send out high-level communication of classified information over insecure computer lines, reports newspaper Aftenposten. That's opened...
Data trouble hounds government
The Norwegian government has been plagued in recent years by serious flaws in various computer data systems. The flaws have involved security leaks and...
Probe demanded into Treholt case
A parliamentary justice committee is ready to demand an independent inquiry into the way Norwegian police and their intelligence unit handled one of the country's most...
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