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 Accused Russian Spies Rekindle Cold War PassionsPosted on Jun 29, 2010
Russian authorities are up in arms over the arrest of 11 Russians accused of spying on the U.S. The FBI announced the arrests Monday, “in the spirit of the spy novel intrigues of the Cold War era,” as the Russian Foreign Ministry put it. Russian officials quoted by The Washington Post suggested that the whole affair is part of a scheme to put thawing Russo-American relations back on ice. The Russian government has acknowledged that the accused, 10 of whom were arrested in the U.S. with an 11th arrested and released on bail in Cyprus, are Russian. David Wolstencroft, the creator of the long-running spy genre TV show “Spooks,” is getting a nostalgia kick out of what “appears to have been retro espionage of the highest order,” although, he adds, “there is absolutely nothing amusing about real people going to real prison.” —PZS
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By Inherit The Wind, July 1, 2010 at 7:28 am Link to this comment
truedigger3, June 29 at 7:49 pm #
Re:By Inherit The Wind, June 29 at 5:48 pm #
Yeah, but if they were Jews working for Israel, every so-called “progressive” and his brother would be up in arms, calling for military action!
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ITW,
Did anyone mention Jews or your beloved Israel?!!
Oh Yeah. I give a pint! You didn’t say anything about the holocaust.
Poor boy! knock it off and move on!!
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You know, sometimes you are so irrational and hypocritical and twisted into such contradictory knots, I wonder how you walk around without bumping into things.
You live by situational ethics: It’s a joke to you that Russians are spies but you’d be the FIRST on the barricades had these been Israelis.
Report thisBy Aarky, June 30, 2010 at 9:58 am Link to this comment
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After reading about all the phony prosecutions and kangaroo court proceeding by the Bush administration against willful dupes who were trying to solicit money for swearing allegiance to Al-Qaida, we should be very cautious. Does anyone remember Jose Padilla and then finding out he wasn’t making a dirty nuke? This was after he spent years in solitary confinement and he is still in prison. Remember all the WMD’s in Iraq and all the lies and hype about Iran building nukes? I think one of the old time cold warriors in the FBI’s counter espionage section watched that 1989 movie called “Little Nikita” in which a young kid finds out that his parents who run a lawn and garden store are Russian sleeper Agents. If he worked hard enough he could create phony sleeper agents just like in the movie. Wait and see! Our FEDS should have been going after the Russian Mafia or the Chinese spies and industrial trade secrets.
Report thisBy FRTothus, June 30, 2010 at 4:32 am Link to this comment
The US, with its own spies in every country on this
Report thisplanet, which illegally spies on its own people, which
has even gone so far as bugged the UN itself, and the
corporate press feigns outrage, as ever, when others do
as we do, and not what we say. When has the press been
anything other than a master’s whore, a press agency
for those in power, no matter how venal and corrupt and
hypocritical their actions?
By gerard, June 29, 2010 at 8:21 pm Link to this comment
Blackspeare, I see it in an entirely different way:
McChrystal (consciously or otherwise) did us a favor showing his scorn for the “civilian leadership.” The military is always on the edge of scorning the “civilians” as inefficient, clueless, unrealistic etc. etc.The military is always ready and waiting to “take over” and improve the situation by “bringing order out of chaos,” “running things in an orderly fashion”, etc. That’s the way fascism occurs and the “messy disorder” of democracy is “brought into line.” We should thank McChrystal for reminding us.
Report thisBy Blackspeare, June 29, 2010 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
These people are not spies, but rather political operatives looking to acquire administrative policy information not state secrets. You could probably get the same information at CNN.com or even Truthdig if you read between the lines! That reporter for Rolling Stone did more damage than this alleged “spy” ring ever could!
Report thisBy Big B, June 29, 2010 at 3:26 pm Link to this comment
Maybe they were just looking for revenge on Moose and Squirrel.
Seriously, the muslims have proven to be a rather dull lot, incapable of an organized plot for world domination. But the Russkies, now there’s an enemy you can set your watch by.
Report thisBy truedigger3, June 29, 2010 at 2:49 pm Link to this comment
Re:By Inherit The Wind, June 29 at 5:48 pm #
Yeah, but if they were Jews working for Israel, every so-called “progressive” and his brother would be up in arms, calling for military action!
_____________________________________________________
ITW,
Report thisDid anyone mention Jews or your beloved Israel?!!
Oh Yeah. I give a pint! You didn’t say anything about the holocaust.
Poor boy! knock it off and move on!!
By Mark, June 29, 2010 at 1:56 pm Link to this comment
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NYT article refers to the accused as “spies” SEVERAL times. However, they have not been formally charged with espionage. Present criminal complaint alleges conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy for failure to register as foreign agents, ONLY.
What’s up with that?
As for any similarly situated agents of Israel, I’m sure the “g” will be rounding them up any minute now.
Report thisBy Tobysgirl, June 29, 2010 at 1:10 pm Link to this comment
gerard, the only problem I have is that Paleolithic anything was far in advance of Palin! Even the rocks!
Super comment, got a laugh from me.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, June 29, 2010 at 1:01 pm Link to this comment
They are simply lobbyists trading favor for money, information and access.
Since Israel got a free pass when their gang o’ spies was last rounded up, I see the Russians getting one too or expect doing business in Russia to tighten up.
Report thisBy Inherit The Wind, June 29, 2010 at 12:48 pm Link to this comment
Yeah, but if they were Jews working for Israel, every so-called “progressive” and his brother would be up in arms, calling for military action!
Report thisBy gerard, June 29, 2010 at 12:05 pm Link to this comment
Oleos, folios and imbroglios!
Crank up the red-scare and feed it to the Palin-eolithics to get things ready for coming elections.
Hysteria. I scareya. Bewaria.
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