Monday, June 28, 2010

U.S. Arrests 11 on Charges of Being Agents for Russia - nytimes

WASHINGTON — In what law enforcement officials portrayed as an extraordinary takedown of a Russian espionage network, the Justice Department on Monday announced charges against 11 people accused of living for years in the United States as part of a deep-cover program run by S.V.R. — the successor agency to the Soviet-era K.G.B.

Criminal complaints filed in federal court on Monday read like a thriller: secret Russian agents assigned to live as married couples in the United States, even having children to further their cover. Spies swapping identical bags as they pass each other in a stairwell. Invisible writing and codes. Money caches buried for years in a rural field. ..... - US Arrests 10 on Charges of Being Agents for Russia

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