Thread: US arrests 11 Russian spies

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/wo...ope/29spy.html

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.

I mean I know that countries spy on each other, even on allies, but wow... kind of unreal.

EDIT: Another story from the AP says that they were trying to get information about US policy as related to Iran, Nuclear proliferation and the SALT treaty...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...6ptRAD9GKI1IO1

Yep, cold war is still not over...

Respectfully,
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