U.S. Charges 11 With Acting as Agents for Russia

[FR7 Baptist]

In what law enforcements 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 by S.V.R. -- one of the successors to the Soviet-era K.G.B.

Criminal complaints filed in federal court on Monday read like a thriller novel: Secret Russian agents were assigned to live as married couples in the United States, even having children who were apparently unaware of their parents’ true identities. A spy swapped identical bags with a Russian official as they brushed past each other in a train station stairwell. Messages were written with invisible ink, hidden in the data of digital pictures, and encoded in messages sent over shortwave radio.

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[Crabtownboy]

On the News Hour this evening an extensive interview was shown. The interview is not available yet on their web site. This group has been known for a number of years by the FBI. The timing of arresting them is interesting, a signal to Russia perhaps? This breaking story should be interesting to watch as it develops.

 

[KenH]

Where's Jack Bauer when we need him?

 

[pinoybaptist]

Where's Jack Bauer when we need him?

Or Chloe ? I'd settle for the human target, if they're in hibernation.:smilewinkgrin: