DOJ: 10 alleged Russian intel officers arrested

Associated Press ^ | 6-28-10

[The Comedian]

What happened, did they find the long form birth certificate?

Maybe broke into Barry's Colombia college records?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[ASA Vet]

So why did the Soviet agent chicks in the security briefings look like this,

but the real ones frequenting our hangouts looked like this?

[nuconvert]

Let’s see how the msm and nightly news treat this.

[LonePalm]

You obviously didn't get the memo on which places to avoid.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[traderrob6]

"President Barack Obama declared Thursday that he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have "succeeded in resetting" the relationship between the former Cold War adversaries that had dipped to a dangerous low in recent years."

[Vaquero]

Mug shot

[NEMDF]

More likely they are Czars in the parallel government.

[Always Independent]

They arrested BO’s cabinet?

[A CA Guy]

You can probably do a Russian version of the Sopranos in Beverly Hills IMO.

[RU88]

This just can't be! I could have sworn our dear leader just said that Russia was now our friend and partner. s/ As someone who was in the service during the Cold War, the Russians will always be my enemy (as well as the Chicoms).

[HardStarboard]

They weren’t carrying their Democrat Party ID - otherwise they would have had “political immunity”.

[ph12321]

By a show of hands, who personally knows these 10 guys?

[Cheetahcat]

They raid the Carter Center??

[Ax]

The legacy of “Iron Feliks” lives on.

[parthian shot]

The bigger news headline would be “10 Americans Found Working In The US Government.”

[Shermy]

Why not just purchase some lobbyists?

Same thing.

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping happinesswithoutpeace.

[Cindy]

June 28, 2010

NOTE The following text is a quote:

http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo062810a.htm

Ten Alleged Secret Agents Arrested in the United States

Multi-year FBI Investigation Uncovers Network in the United States Tasked with Recruiting Sources and Collecting Information for Russia

WASHINGTON—Eight individuals were arrested Sunday for allegedly carrying out long-term, “deep-cover” assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation, the Justice Department announced today. Two additional defendants were also arrested Sunday for allegedly participating in the same Russian intelligence program within the United States.

In total, 11 defendants, including the 10 arrested, are charged in two separate criminal complaints with conspiring to act as unlawful agents of the Russian Federation within the United States. Federal law prohibits individuals from acting as agents of foreign governments within the United States without prior notification to the U.S. Attorney General. Nine of the defendants are also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The defendants known as “Richard Murphy” and “Cynthia Murphy” were arrested yesterday by FBI agents at their residence in Montclair, N.J., and are expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan today. Vicky Pelaez and the defendant known as “Juan Lazaro” were arrested yesterday at their residence in Yonkers, N.Y., and are expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan today. Anna Chapman was arrested in Manhattan yesterday and is expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan today.

The defendants known as “Michael Zottoli” and “Patricia Mills” were arrested yesterday at their residence in Arlington, Va., and are appearing in federal court in Alexandria, Va., today. Defendant Mikhail Semenko was arrested yesterday at his residence in Arlington and is appearing in federal court in Alexandria today. In addition, the defendants known as “Donald Howard Heathfield” and “Tracey Lee Ann Foley” were arrested at their residence in Boston yesterday and are appearing in federal court in Boston today. The defendant known as “Christopher R. Metsos” remains at large.

The charges are filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. All the defendants are charged with this violation. The charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. All the defendants except Chapman and Semenko are charged with this violation.

This case is the result of a multi-year investigation conducted by the FBI; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; and the Counterespionage Section and the Office of Intelligence within the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Farbiarz, Glen Kopp and Jason Smith of the Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and Trial Attorneys Kathleen Kedian and Richard Scott of the Counterespionage Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

The charges and allegations contained in the criminal complaints are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

[Marty62]

True...I wonder what their assignment was? Now THAT would be interesting.

[Cindy]

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“FBI Busts Russian Spies
Feds: Covert agents caught using old school, high-tech spycraft”

SNIPPET: “JUNE 28—A decade-long FBI probe into a ring of covert Russian agents living and working in the U.S. resulted yesterday in the arrest of ten spies on conspiracy and money laundering charges. Criminal complaints filed today in U.S. District Court in New York do not detail the information relayed by the covert agents to handlers with the Russian Federation’s Moscow-based intelligence service. But the court filings provide a remarkable blow-by-blow of the FBI’s extensive probe of the Russian agents, known as “illegals,” whose goal, investigators allege, was to “become sufficiently ‘Americanized’ such that they can gather information about the United States for Russia” and recruit sources from “United States policy-making circles.” As seen on the following pages, the Russian agents employed spycraft both prosaic and high tech.”