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'Russia may have 50 deep-cover agents in US'
Telegraph UK ^
| June 29, 2010
| staff
Posted on 06/29/2010 7:05:04 PM PDT by opentalk
Oleg Gordievsky, one of the Cold War's most famous defectors, says Russia may have as many as 50 deep-cover couples spying inside the United States.
Gordievsky, a former deputy head of the KGB in London who defected in 1985, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would know the number of illegal operatives in each target country.
The 71-year-old ex-double agent said that, based on his experience in Russian intelligence, he estimates that Moscow likely has 40 to 50 couples operating under cover in the US.
"For the KGB, there's usually 40 to 50 couples, all illegal," said Gordievsky, who defected to Britain after supplying information during the Cold War to the U.K.'s MI6 overseas spy agency.
Gordievsky said he spent nine years working in the KGB directorate in charge of illegal spy teams. "The president will know the number, and in each country how many - but not their names," Gordievsky said.
The FBI announced Monday the arrests of 10 alleged deep cover Russian agents after tracking the suspects for years. They are accused of attempting to infiltrate US policymaking circles while posing as ordinary citizens.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; coldwar; kgb; russia; spys
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To: buccaneer81
An episode of that tv show "Alien Nation" had something like this. One scene showed an alien, who was now a cop, pulling out her pistol and killing a room full of people, then killing herself.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:19:53 PM PDT
by
Othniel
(Meddlng in human affairs for 1/20th of a millennium.......)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Grigori Borzov: Being paranoid doesn’t mean were not being followed.
To: buccaneer81
Correct...actually a five-star movie from Bronson.
To: Perdogg
My favorite Bronson movie.
To: opentalk
Can they do us more harm than what our POTUS is doing?
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:21:55 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Barry is furious the big spill wasn't caused by EXXON...would have nationalized it by now.)
To: opentalk
'Russia may have 50 deep-cover agents in US' Yeah and they're probably all in the current administration and just maybe, one of em has big ears, not to mention his mouth.
To: opentalk
Good! they’re more American that than POS in the white house. Go Russia!
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:23:30 PM PDT
by
Gapplega
To: pepsionice
Correct...actually a five-star movie from Bronson.His best work. He wasn't one dimensional.
To: opentalk
To: Perdogg
One of my top 25-30 films of all time.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:28:42 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Soetoro Snoozes, Oil Oozes)
To: opentalk
If there is an estimate of 40 to 50 spies, there's likely more.
Given the Obama administration's record on national security, I'd say we're in deep dodo.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:29:49 PM PDT
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: opentalk
Thought I heard that Obama was upset they were arrested. . .kind of like his response when police called to the Professor's house. (The policemen appear to be at fault here.) Putin has weighed in as well. (Again, did no one tell them, 'who's what' in Washington these days? This would be 'Pink Painter' funny; save it is not.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:30:51 PM PDT
by
cricket
('flies don't lie')
To: buccaneer81
the Telefon Book, which contains the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the agents.Was 202-456-1414 one of the numbers?
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:31:30 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: hennie pennie
Crazed Sex Poodle.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:31:56 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: opentalk
Where are the Blago trial threads? This is a distraction.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:32:48 PM PDT
by
kinghorse
(Allen says "macaca" on camera? 131 articles. Etheridge commits battery on camera? Three paragraphs)
To: Recovering_Democrat
MarxBro
oops was that non-PC?
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:35:41 PM PDT
by
BookaT
(My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
To: opentalk; All; cricket
Think I ‘mis-heard’ that. ..per last post. Guess it was Putin that was upset - at OUR police., for these arrests.
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:37:33 PM PDT
by
cricket
('flies don't lie')
To: Perdogg
Rush Limbaugh today , compared it to the book Charm School
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:41:48 PM PDT
by
opentalk
To: hennie pennie
"Vhut is zhis 'chakra' of vhich you speak, Meester Stone? Mehbe you tell me of truth behind inconvenient truth and I find zhis chakra..."
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posted on
06/29/2010 7:42:15 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Yaelle; JoeProBono; Yehuda; fight_truth_decay; SJackson
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