FBI Arrests Ten Alleged Russian Spies

Astonishing news today as the FBI arrests ten alleged Russian Spies in the Washington area. The ten alleged Russian spies arrested by the FBI were apparently part of a secretive Russian operation where agents lived seemlessly within the American population passing information to their Russian handlers over the course of a decade.

FBI Arrests Ten Alleged Russian Spies

The ten people have been charged with conspiracy to act as unlawful agents of a foreign government and poses a significant amount of eye-brow raising from all parties concerned especially given how US Russia relations had been praised for its recent thawing.

An 11th Russian spy suspect remains at large and is expected to be captured soon. Nine of the ten have been charged with conspiracy to launder money. The ten alleged Russian spies were asked to gather information about nuclear weapons, US arms control positions, the internal workings of the CIA, political affiliations and attitudes to Iran. They would then WI-FI their intel to Russian government workers from places as innocent as coffee shops.

The District Court stated of the Russian spies, “Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc – all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, ie to search and develop ties in policy-making circles in US and send intels”

As the FBI arrests ten alleged Russian spies, commentators and everyday citizens will look to this story both in terms of its ramifications for US/Russia relations but also how such a blatant spy novel rip-off could have become reality.