11 charged in alleged Russian Spy Ring

Did anyone tell these guys the cold war is over? Eight alleged Russian spies have been busted by the feds for allegedly carrying out “long-term, ‘deep-cover’ assignments” inside the United States, and two other people were also arrested for allegedly taking part in the operation, and an eleventh person remains at large.

The arrests took place yesterday in and around New York City ,Boston and Arlington, Va. All of the suspects were charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiring to act as agents of a foreign government without notifying the American attorney general, wait a minute ,yes you read that right apparently you have to file papers with the attorney general to spy on Amercian citizens.

During the hearing today, the proceedings were deemed so sensitive that the court was cleared at one point, which is considered a rare event . The Russian transplants allegedly wanted information on President Obama’s plans heading into a nuclear summit with Russian officials. According to court papers U.S. government officials intercepted a message from Russian intelligence headquarters in Moscow to two of the defendants. The message states that their main mission is “to search and develop ties in policy making circles in US” and send intelligence reports.I bet we wont be hearing that last about this “spy” drama with a recount of the events sounding more and more like an episode of 24 .

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