Note that the suspects were allegedly "highly trained" in "short-wave
radio operation" and "the use of codes and ciphers, including the use of
encrypted Morse code messages".

Links to the actual criminal complaints are at the web site.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...ml?tag=topnews

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, June 28, 2010
FBI: 10 Russian Spies Arrested in U.S.
Suspects, Arrested in Four States, Were Highly-Trained Spies Seeking
Access to "Policy-Making Circles," FBI Says

(CBS/ AP) Updated 4:52 p.m. ET

Ten alleged Russian spies have been arrested in the United States, the
result of a multi-year investigation in four states, the FBI said Monday.

Eight of the 10 arrested were "carrying out long-term, 'deep-cover'
assignments" the FBI said, while two had lesser roles in the Russian
intelligence program. The arrests took place Sunday in Montclair, N.J.,
Yonkers, N.Y., Manhattan, Boston, and Arlington, Va.

The New York and New Jersey defendants were expected to appear in
federal court in Manhattan Monday. The Virginia defendants were to make
court appearances in Alexandria.

One additional defendant has been charged but remains at large.

Their job, according to the court papers in the case, was "to search and
develop ties in policymaking circles" in the United States.

Criminal complaints state that the defendants had an overarching goal of
becoming highly "Americanized" so as to be able to freely gather
intelligence in the U.S. and to "recruit sources who are I, or are able
to infiltrate United States policy-making circles."

The U.S. government intercepted a message from Russian intelligence
headquarters in Moscow to two of the defendants, Richard and Cynthia Murphy.

"You were sent to USA for long-term service trip," the message from
Moscow. "Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. - all these
serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e. to search and develop
ties in policymaking circles in US and sent intels," the message added.

The complaint states that such agents - known as "illegals" - are highly
trained in "foreign languages; agent-to-agent communications, including
the use of brush-passes; short-wave radio operation and invisible
writing; the use of codes and ciphers, including the use of encrypted
Morse code messages; the creation and use of a cover profession;
counter-surveillance measures" and more.

A "brush pass" is a covert hand-off of secret information, made as two
agents brush past one another in public.

All of the defendants are charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of
a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, which
carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. All but two of the
defendants are also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering,
which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The charges are filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York.

On Jun 28, 5:53*pm, Al Fansome wrote:
Note that the suspects were allegedly "highly trained" in "short-wave
radio operation" and "the use of codes and ciphers, including the use of
encrypted Morse code messages".

Links to the actual criminal complaints are at the web site.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...7393.shtml?tag...

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, June 28, 2010
FBI: 10 Russian Spies Arrested in U.S.
Suspects, Arrested in Four States, Were Highly-Trained Spies Seeking
Access to "Policy-Making Circles," FBI Says

(CBS/ AP) *Updated 4:52 p.m. ET

Ten alleged Russian spies have been arrested in the United States, the
result of a multi-year investigation in four states, the FBI said Monday.

Eight of the 10 arrested were "carrying out long-term, 'deep-cover'
assignments" the FBI said, while two had lesser roles in the Russian
intelligence program. The arrests took place Sunday in Montclair, N.J.,
Yonkers, N.Y., Manhattan, Boston, and Arlington, Va.

The New York and New Jersey defendants were expected to appear in
federal court in Manhattan Monday. The Virginia defendants were to make
court appearances in Alexandria.

One additional defendant has been charged but remains at large.

Their job, according to the court papers in the case, was "to search and
develop ties in policymaking circles" in the United States.

Criminal complaints state that the defendants had an overarching goal of
becoming highly "Americanized" so as to be able to freely gather
intelligence in the U.S. and to "recruit sources who are I, or are able
to infiltrate United States policy-making circles."

The U.S. government intercepted a message from Russian intelligence
headquarters in Moscow to two of the defendants, Richard and Cynthia Murphy.

"You were sent to USA for long-term service trip," the message from
Moscow. "Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. - all these
serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e. to search and develop
ties in policymaking circles in US and sent intels," the message added.

The complaint states that such agents - known as "illegals" - are highly
trained in "foreign languages; agent-to-agent communications, including
the use of brush-passes; short-wave radio operation and invisible
writing; the use of codes and ciphers, including the use of encrypted
Morse code messages; the creation and use of a cover profession;
counter-surveillance measures" and more.

A "brush pass" is a covert hand-off of secret information, made as two
agents brush past one another in public.

All of the defendants are charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of
a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, which
carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. All but two of the
defendants are also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering,
which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The charges are filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York.

Now that is one cool story. Thanks for posting it here.:-)

On Jun 28, 4:53*pm, Al Fansome wrote:
Note that the suspects were allegedly "highly trained" in "short-wave
radio operation" and "the use of codes and ciphers, including the use of
encrypted Morse code messages".

Links to the actual criminal complaints are at the web site.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...7393.shtml?tag...

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, June 28, 2010
FBI: 10 Russian Spies Arrested in U.S.
Suspects, Arrested in Four States, Were Highly-Trained Spies Seeking
Access to "Policy-Making Circles," FBI Says


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