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One Russian Spy Left Kids Behind

Vicky Pelaez's sons abandoned but not worried

(Newser) - The children of Vicky Pelaez, the Peruvian sent to Moscow last week with the other nine accused Russian spies, are still in the US and are penniless, their aunt tells the New York Post . The Red Cross is helping 17-year-old Juan Lazaro Jr.—whose dad's name is actually Mikhail...

Spy Swap Talks Started Weeks Before Arrests

Agents' kids sent to Russia or planning to go

(Newser) - The 14-person spy swap executed today at an airport in Vienna grew out of talks that started in June—weeks before the Russian spies living in the US were arrested—and the White House knew about the sleeper agents in February, reports the Washington Post . Meanwhile, the Russian agents' kids...

In Spy Swap, US Got the Pros
 In Spy Swap, US Got the Pros 
Jul 9, 2010 7:36 AM CDT

In Spy Swap, US Got the Pros

Russia gives up aging Cold War turncoat

(Newser) - The four spies Russia handed over to the US last night didn’t have much in common with the 10 spies they got back. The so-called “sleeper” agents that the US nabbed were mainly in the business of looking for government and think-tank contacts that Russia’s “professional”...

US, Russia Exchange Spies in Vienna

 US, Russia Exchange 
 Spies in Vienna 
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Jul 9, 2010 5:49 AM CDT

US, Russia Exchange Spies in Vienna

Planes meet in Vienna and swap agents

(Newser) - The spies have been swapped, the New York Times reports. US and Russian planes carrying their respective undercover agents landed briefly at a Vienna airport, did a passenger switch, and flew back to their homelands. In return for handing over the 10, the US got four people who had been...

Spy Suspects Plead Guilty Ahead of Swap

All 10 are expected to be deported to Russia tonight

(Newser) - "Richard Murphy" is really Vladimir Guryev. "Donald Howard Heathfield" is really Andrey Bezrukov. Hottie spy Anna Chapman is really ... Anna Chapman. All 10 defendants accused of being deep-cover Russian agents pleaded guilty today under their real names, reports the Wall Street Journal . The deal allows them to avoid...

Spies on the Move Amid Talk of Swap

All 10 defendants in custody are now in New York

(Newser) - The plot thickens: Two developments today made rumors of a spy swap with Russia seem like a pretty safe bet. For starters, the five Russian suspects who were being held in Boston and Virginia were abruptly transferred to New York City to join the five others, reports the BBC . Meanwhile,...

Army 'WikiLeaker' Faces 8 Federal Charges

Bradley Manning accused of espionage for downloading video

(Newser) - An Army intelligence analyst who has acknowledged providing classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks was charged with eight criminal offenses yesterday, Wired reports . Pfc. Bradley Manning violated the Espionage Act by giving classified material to a nongovernment third party, the government alleges. Manning, 22, is in custody in Kuwait,...

Suspected Spy's Ex: Anna Was Great in Bed

Alex Chapman tells and shows all to Brit tab

(Newser) - It's only logical: If you're a hot Russian chick facing a stack of spying charges, then obviously some loser ex of yours is going to tell a tabloid what you were like in the sack. That loser ex is husband of 4 years Alex Chapman, who happily spills to the...

Accused Spies: Yes, We're Russian

Virginia couple appear in court, want kids sent to Russia

(Newser) - Two suspects in an alleged spy ring have admitted they are Russian citizens living in the US under false identities, prosecutors said today. The defendants known as Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills told authorities after their arrest their real names are Mikhail Kutzik and Natalia Pereverzeva, prosecutors said in a...

Alleged Spy Left Island: Cyprus Official

Suspected Russian agent made bail, then disappeared

(Newser) - The suspected Russian spy who went missing in Cyprus after being granted bail has likely fled the island, the nation's justice minister says. Christopher Metsos, 54, is accused of acting as a go-between for an espionage ring in the US and Russian handlers. Prosecutors in the US are using Metsos'...

Beauty Spy's Dad 'Was KGB Agent'

Ex-hubby not surprised by Anna Chapman's bust

(Newser) - Alleged deep-cover Russian spy Anna Chapman may have been following in her father's footsteps, says her British ex-husband. The Russian-born beauty "told me her father had been high up in the ranks of the KGB," Alex Chapman tells the Telegraph . "She said he had been an agent...

One Alleged Russian Spy Confesses, Say Feds

'Juan Lazaro' admits working for Moscow

(Newser) - One of the alleged Russian spies has confessed that he is, in fact, a Russian spy, federal prosecutors say. In opposing bail, the feds revealed that Juan Lazaro told them he and his wife (also charged) worked for the "service," a reference to the modern version of the...

Suspected Spy Chats About Her Business

Anna Chapman attended Entrepreneur Week in NYC

(Newser) - Everybody's favorite suspected Russian spy can now be seen and heard on video talking about her goals for her real estate business. Mediaite dug up the interview with Anna Chapman , conducted after she attended Entrepreneur Week in New York City last year. Chapman has been dubbed the femme fatale of...

'Spy' Looks Normal, Goofy on Facebook

Spy flap spurs talk of banning 007s from social media

(Newser) - Mikhail Semenko's co-workers found him clumsy and awkward, but on Facebook he looks like a pretty sociable guy. The accused Russian spy's profile features pics of him mugging with friends in a Bill Clinton mask and a USSR T-shirt, Gawker reports, as well as just chatting at parties with beer...

Earth to Russia: Skip the Spies, Surf the Internet

Agents were after info any student could find

(Newser) - The most baffling thing about the arrest of 11 alleged Russian deep-cover spies is why Moscow went to all that trouble in the first place. The coded messages, bag drops, and the rest of the Boris-and-Natasha schtick appears to have been part of an effort to gather information about American...

Suspected Russian Spy a '007-Worthy Beauty'

Tabs dub Anna Chapman a femme fatale

(Newser) - The alleged Russian spy capturing most of the media attention today is Anna Chapman. The New York Post describes her as "a flame-haired, 007-worthy beauty" with a "Victoria's Secret body" who is accused of passing info to Russian handlers weekly since January. Her Facebook page has all kinds...

Alleged Russian Spies Made Dumb Mistakes

Overt 'spy' behavior, ineptitude made FBI's job easy

(Newser) - News that 11 alleged Russian spies were arrested for "long-term, deep cover assignments" in the US might make you feel like you woke up in a spy novel. If it helps, court documents reveal that these folks didn't exactly measure up to old KGB standards, New York notes. Ignore...

Feds Nab 11th Suspect in Russian Spy Ring

Russia, meanwhile, complains about arrests

(Newser) - An 11th person has been arrested in the alleged Russian spy ring today. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was nabbed in Cyprus, trying to hop a flight to Budapest, MSNBC reports. He has been released on bail on the island.

Alleged Russian Spies Hid in Plain Sight: FBI

Secret agents lived as couples, had kids: feds

(Newser) - The charges against 11 people who were allegedly spying for the Russian government sound like something out of a James Bond novel—one that involves suburban couples living under deep cover as the Russian government funds their "education, bank accounts, car, house, etc.," reports the New York Times ...

Feds Charge 10 With Spying for Russia

Agents were carrying out long-term, undercover assignments

(Newser) - Ten people have been arrested for allegedly serving as secret agents of the Russian government with the goal of penetrating the US government, the Justice Department said today. According to court papers in the case, the US government intercepted a message from Russian intelligence headquarters in Moscow to two of...

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