Spy Affair Called Attempt to Discredit Obama

The Moscow Times ^ | 30 June 2010 | Nabi Abdullaev

[homegroan]

love your tag!

[Caipirabob]

Spy Affair Called Attempt to Discredit Obama

The one is displeased with this as he needs no help in this matter.

[Edgerunner]

The suspects, who are not accused of espionage, have been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying U.S. authorities, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.

Sounds like a dangerous law to some politicians we all know...

[SoFloFreeper]

I’ve got news for ya: he is already discredited.

[SunkenCiv]

The suspects, who are not accused of espionage, have been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying U.S. authorities, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Nine of the suspects also have been charged with money laundering, which carries a conviction of up to 20 years. An 11th suspect was detained in Cyprus on Tuesday but released on bail.

Cyprus?

• Clinton friend may have been spy's target
• Spy Affair Called Attempt to Discredit Obama
• Spy suspects had interests in science, finance
• Obama Knew of Spies Before Medvedev Talk

Uh-oh, looks like Ireland will have to kick out the Russian ambassador. /sarc

Arrested Russian spies used Irish identities and passports
Irish Central
Monday, June 28, 2010

One of the spies, American alias Richard Murphy, traveled in February this year to Rome to collect an Irish passport which bore the name Eunan Gerard Doherty and which had been issued in Dublin in July 2001.

He then flew on to Moscow and returned on March 3 with a mysterious laptop which he later tuned over to another Russian agent in New York.

In order to get the Irish passport in Rome Murphy was told to would approach a Russian operative and ask, "Excuse me, could we have met in Malta in 1999?"

"Yes indeed," the answer should be. "I was in La Valetta, but in 2000."

According to Moscow's instructions, the stranger then slipped the spy a false Irish passport, for travel on to Russia.