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**ViagraFeller** · 06-28-2010, 11:35 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/wo.../29spy.html?hp

U.S. Charges 11 With Acting as Agents for Russia

By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: June 28, 2010

WASHINGTON – In what law enforcements officials portrayed as an extraordinary takedown of a Russian espionage network, the Justice Department on Monday announced charges against 11 people accused of living for years in the United States as part of a deep-cover program by S.V.R. -- one of the successors to the Soviet-era K.G.B.

Criminal complaints filed in federal court on Monday read like a thriller novel: Secret Russian agents were assigned to live as married couples in the United States, even having children who were apparently unaware of their parents’ true identities. A spy swapped identical bags with a Russian official as they brushed past each other in a train station stairwell. Messages were written with invisible ink, hidden in the data of digital pictures, and encoded in messages sent over shortwave radio.

The complaints followed a multiyear investigation that culminated with Sunday’s arrest of 10 people in Yonkers; Montclair, New Jersey; Boston; and northern Virginia. The documents detailed what authorities called the “Illegals Program,” an S.V.R. effort to plant Russian spies in the United States to gather information and recruit people able to infiltrate government policy-making circles.

The “Illegals Program” extended to other countries around the world, the charging documents said.

**medshop** · 06-29-2010, 02:59 PM

Art imitating life? Or is it the other way?

SALT coming July 23rd!

**dolaBeetCeage** · 06-29-2010, 09:10 PM

The story's developing and focusing on a red-hot Russian beauty spying on US!

Anna Chapman: real Russian spy out before Angelina Jolie 's Salt movie

In what must be a wild coincidence, Anna Chapman - who looks a little like Angelina Jolie - is accused of being a real Russian spy just weeks before Angelina Jolie's Salt movie is released on July 23rd. And that news of two hot women (OK, Anna Chapman's way too skinny to be considered hot but why not play along?) has pushed the news about Megan Fox getting married off the trend charts for today. Sorry Megan, this blogger will get back to you.

Who is Anna Chapman?

According to the New York Daily News, Anna Chapman ran a New York online real estate company worth $2 million and is one of 11 accused Russian secret agents arrested by the FBI and who allegedly operated in Boston, Seattle and Arlington, Va.

Apparently, she was caught in the middle of a mission, but what the NY Daily News posts reads as no bid deal. There must be more than this:

FBI agents found the Verizon phone contract and Motorola charger along with packaging for calling cards that can be used for international calls in a trash can after Chapman was arrested, according to the complaint.

The court document also details Chapman's interactions with an undercover FBI agent who fed her instructions for preparing a fake passport to transfer to another female spy.

She was instructed to hold a magazine a certain way to signal the other spy to initiate contact.

Chapman is quoted in the complaint repeating back the following instructions: "Okay, tomorrow at 11, I am going to be sitting at one of the benches, she is going to ask me if she saw me in California. I am going to say no, it was in the Hamptons. I will take the documents, tell her to sign. I will hold the journal, this is how she will recognize me."

She was arrested before the mission was carried out. Chapman appeared in Manhattan federal court on June 28, 2010 with four other alleged spies Fine, but what was she doing in the mission? Why?

It's about as interesting as Angelina Jolie's Salt movie, but in that case Angelina Jolie's a CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy and goes on the run; we don't get to see Anna Chapman on the run. We do get to see her Facebook page.

The main question is what was this 11-person so-called Russian spy ring doing. That's not answered. In the Salt movie, we know Angelina Jolie is suspected to be planning to get the American President. But in real life, what was Anna Chapman doing?

More soon.

source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...#ixzz0sH8Z1kVP

**VIDEOHITE** · 07-01-2010, 09:48 PM

[CENTER]Art imitating life? Or is it the other way?

SALT coming July 23rd!

I totally thought of that. lol

Paranoid response: This whole thing was staged as a promo for that movie.

Skeptical response: ...People still do this stuff?

06-28-2010, 11:35 PM	#1
ViagraFeller Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 585 Senior Member	U.S. Charges 11 With Acting as Agents for Russia http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/wo.../29spy.html?hp U.S. Charges 11 With Acting as Agents for Russia By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: June 28, 2010 WASHINGTON – In what law enforcements officials portrayed as an extraordinary takedown of a Russian espionage network, the Justice Department on Monday announced charges against 11 people accused of living for years in the United States as part of a deep-cover program by S.V.R. -- one of the successors to the Soviet-era K.G.B. Criminal complaints filed in federal court on Monday read like a thriller novel: Secret Russian agents were assigned to live as married couples in the United States, even having children who were apparently unaware of their parents’ true identities. A spy swapped identical bags with a Russian official as they brushed past each other in a train station stairwell. Messages were written with invisible ink, hidden in the data of digital pictures, and encoded in messages sent over shortwave radio. The complaints followed a multiyear investigation that culminated with Sunday’s arrest of 10 people in Yonkers; Montclair, New Jersey; Boston; and northern Virginia. The documents detailed what authorities called the “Illegals Program,” an S.V.R. effort to plant Russian spies in the United States to gather information and recruit people able to infiltrate government policy-making circles. The “Illegals Program” extended to other countries around the world, the charging documents said. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-29-2010, 02:59 PM	#2
medshop Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	Art imitating life? Or is it the other way? SALT coming July 23rd! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-29-2010, 09:10 PM	#3
dolaBeetCeage Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 675 Senior Member	The story's developing and focusing on a red-hot Russian beauty spying on US! Anna Chapman: real Russian spy out before Angelina Jolie 's Salt movie In what must be a wild coincidence, Anna Chapman - who looks a little like Angelina Jolie - is accused of being a real Russian spy just weeks before Angelina Jolie's Salt movie is released on July 23rd. And that news of two hot women (OK, Anna Chapman's way too skinny to be considered hot but why not play along?) has pushed the news about Megan Fox getting married off the trend charts for today. Sorry Megan, this blogger will get back to you. Who is Anna Chapman? According to the New York Daily News, Anna Chapman ran a New York online real estate company worth $2 million and is one of 11 accused Russian secret agents arrested by the FBI and who allegedly operated in Boston, Seattle and Arlington, Va. Apparently, she was caught in the middle of a mission, but what the NY Daily News posts reads as no bid deal. There must be more than this: FBI agents found the Verizon phone contract and Motorola charger along with packaging for calling cards that can be used for international calls in a trash can after Chapman was arrested, according to the complaint. The court document also details Chapman's interactions with an undercover FBI agent who fed her instructions for preparing a fake passport to transfer to another female spy. She was instructed to hold a magazine a certain way to signal the other spy to initiate contact. Chapman is quoted in the complaint repeating back the following instructions: "Okay, tomorrow at 11, I am going to be sitting at one of the benches, she is going to ask me if she saw me in California. I am going to say no, it was in the Hamptons. I will take the documents, tell her to sign. I will hold the journal, this is how she will recognize me." She was arrested before the mission was carried out. Chapman appeared in Manhattan federal court on June 28, 2010 with four other alleged spies Fine, but what was she doing in the mission? Why? It's about as interesting as Angelina Jolie's Salt movie, but in that case Angelina Jolie's a CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy and goes on the run; we don't get to see Anna Chapman on the run. We do get to see her Facebook page. The main question is what was this 11-person so-called Russian spy ring doing. That's not answered. In the Salt movie, we know Angelina Jolie is suspected to be planning to get the American President. But in real life, what was Anna Chapman doing? More soon. source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...#ixzz0sH8Z1kVP Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-01-2010, 09:48 PM	#4
VIDEOHITE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	[CENTER]Art imitating life? Or is it the other way? SALT coming July 23rd! I totally thought of that. lol Paranoid response: This whole thing was staged as a promo for that movie. Skeptical response: ...People still do this stuff? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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