Accused Russian spies lived perfect Boston lives
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I always thought each spy dealt with very few handlers / I wouldn't have showed to a 'phone call' ~ but I also see they edited the document a lot; I guess the FBI was able to uncover some of their "signals of authenticity" and use them against them;
~ I think the main charge is the fake passport (which the FBI set her up with) ~ of course that charge leads to being a SPY which leads to? life or death in prison
Nobody's been charged with espionage, so neither of those sentences apply. Instead, they've been charged with far more minor things like failing to register as an agent of a foreign government.
Why did the US "fire all of its guns at once" here? Methinks there's more to this.
I was thinking the same thing. I just watched a RT interview with a "military analyst" here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9kwPr9PqG8&feature=playe.... I transcribed parts that stood out to me:
"...but basically it just demonstrates it's not Obama who controls the foreign policy regarding the..., that somebody within the inards of the body politicking ... so the beltway bandits, I believe, has regained the initiative from the White House, and with their moles it is not the Russian moles or spies, it is the neo-conservative's moles in the White House who are trying to hijack the agenda and who are actively against resetting the Russian, American strategic partnership to deal with the common threat like counter-terrorism strategy, and counter drug strategy in Afghanistan and Paskistan."
"...let me tell you something ... it's ludicrous from professional intelligence perspective, because in open society as America is definitely, it's open source intelligence data mining which becomes the main priority for all intelligence officers working openly in the United States, and in Russia, and everywhere else. The problem is why America is missing the analytical minds who can absorb and analyze the incoming threats ... real threats, not imaginary threats. "
The 'passport' story was probably created to conceal the original source -- someone who just defected and dumped this info all at once. Perhaps someone in FBI was coming up for promotion so the decided to expose some spies to get some bonuses in return.
Often these stories are stirred up for some political goal. Perhaps Russian are closing in on some CIA/FBI moles and US govt. decided to create a situation where exchanges could take place.
Or maybe some elements in the US govt. decided that the relationship between US and Russia has gotten too cozy lately and want to stir up come conflict and milk that for some political gain...
Usually in these cases FBI and CIA would plant various stories in the media, and produce evidence during the trial that conceals real sources of information (often defectors and moles).
Otherwise, it seems like the alleged spies and their handlers were just very sloppy.
Or how well the alleged spies have been planted...