Alleged Russian Spy Ring Exposed In US

Several readers sent in the story of an alleged Russian spy ring busted yesterday by the FBI after a decade-long investigation. The FBI says that Moscow trained and planted long-term "moles" in the US in order to infiltrate the upper echelons of US government and business circles and pass back intelligence to the Russians. Twelve people have been charged; ten were arrested in the US (one is at large) and one in Cyprus. Wired and the New York Post have colorful coverage. Wired's leans on the tradecraft and discusses steganography, while the Post favors the femme fatale angle (alleged spy Anna Chapman). The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the US actions were unfounded and pursued "unseemly" goals. One of many choice quotes from copious coverage: "They couldn't have been spies. Look what she did with the hydrangeas." From the WSJ report: "Officials said no secrets were compromised or revealed in the alleged plot, and the spy operation seems to have yielded little of value given some of the elaborate methods deployed. None of the 11 charged by US prosecutors was accused of accessing any classified or sensitive US government information."

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see how powerful hollywood is?

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they have a stupid angelina jolie spy theme movie coming out, where she is a russian spy deep under cover in the usa:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(film)

with the recent bombing of tom cruise and cameron diaz's knight and day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_and_Day#Critical_response

hollywood is worried about how another star vehicle film will perform at the box office

so they pull a few strings, make a few calls, and create anticipatory buzz in the press and the public by forcing the cia to prematurely close its multiyear investigation of russian spies at work in the usa

now that's power