Obamao busts russian spy ring

Jekyll's Guest said:
If Saint Reagen saved the world from Commies, then Obama practically dressed like Batman and swung in through the window of these spies to bring them justice.
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This success, like the previous one, were due to the combined efforts of several administrations over several years.

But please: Tell us more about Obama's super-heroism in this matter.
 
theprestige said:
This success, like the previous one, were due to the combined efforts of several administrations over several years.

But please: Tell us more about Obama's super-heroism in this matter.
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Wow that, that really just went wwaaayyy over your head didn't it.
 
I don't understand why the Russians would have spies here? They don't need them, they have Obama.

PS. All the spies are registered Democrats.:D
 
theprestige said:
This success, like the previous one, were due to the combined efforts of several administrations over several years.

But please: Tell us more about Obama's super-heroism in this matter.
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Not really. You arranged a deathmatch between two straw men. Once we enter the Theater of the Absurd, anything goes. It's your narrative, and you have the gall to complain when I embrace it?
 
theprestige said:
Not really. You arranged a deathmatch between two straw men. Once we enter the Theater of the Absurd, anything goes. It's your narrative, and you have the gall to complain when I embrace it?
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I don't even know how to reply to this stream of words, or the thinking behind them.

That's kind of a win for you, I guess?
 
Most major news sources are reporting that the largest spy swap since the cold war is being planned.
 
Since they've been tracking these guys for a decade, it looks like some US spies got caught, and the US wanted to get them out via trade quickly. So round up some.
 
I've heard very little about the US spies they are being traded for.
 
Happy ending

Well, sort of.

WASHINGTON — Ten convicted Russian sleeper agents were whisked out of the United States on a plane headed over the Atlantic Ocean late Thursday as part of a deal with Moscow to put a quick end to an episode that threatened to disrupt relations between the two countries.

Even as the Russian spies were being hastily deported, four Russian men deemed spies for the United States and its allies were being pardoned by the Kremlin and prepared for release to the West in exchange. President Dmitri A. Medvedev signed an order to free them and they were expected to leave Russia promptly.

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The 10 defendants sat in the jury box, while their lawyers and prosecutors filled the well of the packed courtroom. Some of the Russian agents wore jail garb over orange T-shirts, while others wore civilian clothes. Natalia Pereverzeva, for example, known as Patricia Mills, sat in jeans with a dark sweater.

Few of the defendants conversed with one another. Some looked grim. One, Vicky Peláez, appeared to be weeping as she gestured to her sons at the close of the hearing.

At one point, Judge Kimba M. Wood asked each of the 10 to disclose their true names.

The first to rise was the man known as Richard Murphy, who lived with his wife and two children in Montclair, N.J. He said his name was Vladimir Guryev.

Then his wife rose. “My true name is Lydia Guryev,” she said.

All but three — Anna Chapman, Mikhail Semenko and Ms. Peláez — had assumed false names in the United States.

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All of them agreed never to return to the United States without permission from the attorney general. They also agreed to turn over any money made from publication of their stories as agents, according to their plea agreements with the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan. Several also agreed to forfeit assets, including real estate, in the United States.

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One lawyer, though, John M. Rodriguez, said Russian officials had made promises to his client, Ms. Peláez, but he assured the judge that they were not inducements to make her plead guilty. He said Ms. Peláez was told that upon her arrival in Russia, she could go to Peru or anywhere else; she was promised free housing in Russia and a monthly stipend of $2,000 for life and visas for her two children.
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