US arrests 'deep-cover' Russian spies

THE United States has arrested 10 alleged spies accused of carrying out "deep-cover assignments" for years for the Russian intelligence services.

An 11th suspect remains at large, the justice department said as it revealed the shocking developments only days after US President Barack Obama praised his visiting Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev as a “solid and reliable partner”.

The arrests were made in several northeastern states following a multi-year investigation by the Justice Department, the FBI and New York state authorities.

“Eight individuals were arrested Sunday for allegedly carrying out long-term, 'deep-cover' assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation,” a Justice Department statement said.

“Two additional defendants were also arrested Sunday for allegedly participating in the same Russian intelligence program within the United States.”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/us-arrests-deep-cover-russian-spies/story-e6frg6so-1225885489445

Countries spy on each other all the time. Even allies. I guess the Russians still pay well though.

I'm curious as to where they worked, and how long they'd been there.

What would the Russians want to know that they couldn't read in the New York Times or the Huffington Post I wonder?

I'm curious as to where they worked, and how long they'd been there.

What would the Russians want to know that they couldn't read in the New York Times or the Huffington Post I wonder?

The truth?

Right.... so all these years they've been deceiving the enemy with carefully crafted lies.

Unsung heroes every one.

At least you are admitting they are liars. That is a start. 

The very fact that they manage to convince so many people that they're liberal shows an unmatched capacity for duplicity.

I would agree with that. Unfortunately there are a lot of nut-cases abusing the term "liberal". It used to be something good. 

Papers like the NYT have one agenda only, making money for their share holders.

It has recently become clear that most of the so-called liberals on Thai Visa - other than yourself - are actually Black Bloc anarchists.

: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bloc

Im more of a grey bloc man myself. This is my style... actually i dont have a style.. im an armchair anarchist. Makes great TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8kneA1O90

What would the Russians want to know that they couldn't read in the New York Times or the Huffington Post I wonder?

In the mid-90's some ex-KGB agent wrote a book about his days as a spy. He wrote that the Kremlin was very impressed with the intel he was sending back from the US when he was stationed at the embassy there. He never told them he was getting it from the newspaper.

In James Clavell's novel "Taipan" a young Chinese police officer in Hong Kong makes a nice piece of change selling a weekly intelligence report to the British, consisting of articles gleaned from mainland Chinese daily papers.

Back in the 1980's a man in Florida was selling a poster showing a cross section of the Space Shuttle. The FBI paid him a visit because they wanted to know where he got such detail about the shuttle. He answered, "The library".

One of my Russian friends was literally a rocket scientist and went to school in Leningrad (she's a grandmother now). I was shocked when she told me some of the text books they used were American because some missile technology was still classified even for Soviet university students.

reads like a Hollywood script

'Femme fatale' Anna had access to Barclays account details in London

The 'femme fatale' at the centre of the Russian spy row in the U.S. worked for Barclays in this country, the bank admitted yesterday.

As the British authorities checked to see if the spy ring had been active here, it emerged that Anna Chapman worked in the bank's small-business division for six months.

This potentially gave her access to account details of thousands of British companies.

The glamorous 28-year-old, who is believed to have married a Briton while in the UK, worked for the bank in London in late 2004.

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Spy case suspect vanishes in Cyprus

A suspect in an alleged Russian spy ring with links to the UK is on the run, having fled after being granted bail.

Ten people, including former London resident Anna Chapman, were arrested in the United States on Monday.

An 11th suspect, Christopher Metsos, was arrested in Cyprus but fled after he was granted bail by a Cypriot court.

A warrant is due to be issued for his arrest after he failed to report to police in Larnaca or to go to a meeting with his legal team.

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Spies swapped by US and Russia at Vienna airport

Washington has announced the successful completion of its biggest spy swap with Russia since the Cold War.

Ten Russian agents were flown to Vienna hours after they admitted in a US court to being agents for a foreign country.

A Russian jet carrying four prisoners freed by Russia arrived around the same time.

The American plane later flew on to a UK air base, where several people were seen getting off, while the Russian aircraft flew to Moscow.

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