10 defendants plead guilty in Russian spy case

[pinto]

Source: LA Times

10 defendants plead guilty in Russian spy case

NEW YORK — Ten people accused of spying for Russia pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Thursday, setting up what's expected to be the largest Russia-U.S. swap since the Cold War.

The defendants all affirmed U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood's question of whether they would plead guilty in a Manhattan courtroom.

The defendants were expected to be deported to Russia within hours, apparently in exchange for the release of convicted Russian spies. A Russian arms control analyst convicted of spying for the United States was reportedly plucked from a Moscow prison and flown to Vienna earlier Thursday.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-naw-russia-spy-swap-20100708,0,7414915.story

[Poll_Blind]

1. I only know of one purported American spy and odds-are he was falesly-accused.

So...I don't know exactly what we're getting in return here. There's also the reality that Obama just doesn't want to deal with it.

I mean, think about it: We've just busted these folks and really don't know what they've done and now we're swapping them for at least one person who might never have actually been a spy, or even an intelligence asset of any sort, at all.

PB

[Socal31]

2. I wouldn't assume that just because you only know of one personally,

that is reality.

[Poll_Blind]

4. Agreed. n/t

PB

[saigon68]

3. Just a little window dressing

For the sheep in the summer

[harryyo]

5. spy case

Well, I think the spy swap was really great, everybody can go an carry on spying. However I think, at least we got ours back too.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/donnychia79/category/current-events Thats where I read about it.