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Russian Spy Swap: Spies by Names and Occupations

UPDATE: "Ten Russian agents have been flown to Vienna after being deported from the US as part of a Cold War-style spy swap between Moscow and Washington," Sky.com reported. "They are expected to be handed over to Russian officials in the Austrian capital." (July 8) -- An amicable trade agreement between the United States...

10 Russian Spies Deported After NY Guilty Pleas

NEW YORK (July 8) -- Ten Russian agents who infiltrated suburban America and acted as spies for Moscow were deported Thursday after admitting their crimes. The spies left New York for Moscow hours after pleading guilty to conspiracy in a Manhattan courtroom and being sentenced to time served and ordered out of the...

Life Interrupted for Children of Accused Spies

(July 2) -- On the evening her parents were arrested, 11-year-old Katie Murphy stood outside and watched federal agents swarm her suburban New Jersey home. From three houses away, a neighbor says he saw Katie, the older daughter of accused Russian spies Richard and Cynthia Murphy, standing on the lawn holding a balloon...

Grad School a Novel Way for Spies to Enter US

(July 2) -- Say that you're a foreign spy who needs to infiltrate the United States for a long-term deep-cover assignment? How do you sneak in legally? Maybe you only need to enroll in graduate school. It appears that's the route taken by at least one of the 11 suspects who were charged with spying for the Russians this...

Defendant 'Lazaro' Allegedly Confesses in Spy Case

(July 1) -- A defendant known as "Juan Lazaro" has admitted that he worked for Russia's intelligence service and declared that his loyalty to "the Service" was greater even than his love for his son, federal prosecutors said today. The alleged confession was detailed in a court document released as nine of the 10 alleged...

Background on Cynthia Murphy

The Illegals Program, as it was called by the United States Department of Justice, was a network of Russian sleeper agents under non-official cover whose investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) culminated in the arrest of ten agents and a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States on July 9, 2010.

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