1.   He strenuously denied having committed any offence, however, and the government eventually decided that there was insufficient evidence to indict him on espionage charges.

2.   And a longtime agent, Robert Hanssen, was arrested on espionage charges.

3.   Both target countries have denied and protested the espionage charges, which have not been specified.

4.   A Federal District Court judge said Wednesday that three accused spies should stay imprisoned while awaiting trial on espionage charges.

5.   A retired Lockheed engineer from Lancaster, Calif. has pleaded guilty to two espionage charges, admitting that he attempted to sell classified information to a foreign agent.

6.   Bunel, facing espionage charges in France, has admitted to handing off the information.

7.   But neither Internet sites like that nor books that Zhao cited offer the secret design details at the center of the most serious espionage charges.

8.   But new evidence points to Robert Philip Hanssen, the FBI counterintelligence agent arrested on espionage charges last month.

9.   But under the plea agreement with prosecutors, the defendant agreed to plead guilty to two of the espionage charges with the remainder of the charges dropped.

10.   Congressional committees have requested his appearance to answer campaign fundraising and espionage charges for the last two years.