Final score 10-4: US, Russia in spy swap 'of the century'

[kirkmbutterfield]

This is fucked. I hate What my government is and has been turning into.

[TheBlindPowerslave]

@VoNguyenGiap1

10 Russian agent were swaped with 4 american agent. Both side collected information about important people and organisations in both country. Typical espionage story...

[asafsbsite4]

The F.B.I can find a nest of communist spies, make celebrities of them, call them unregistered lobbyists for communist Russia but they can't find the Communists in the White House and State Dept. who are Destroying America from within?

[TheBlindPowerslave]

@asafsbsite4

There is no communist in USA you stupid fuck

[asafsbsite4]

@TheBlindPowerslave. Oh, that's right, they're called Democrats in the U.S.A. My Bad.

[TheBlindPowerslave]

@asafsbsite4 ,

You are really a dumb to not see that democrats and republicans are exactly the same thing in USA...

[asafsbsite4]

@TheBlindPowerslave. If Anarchy is your thing have fun. You would feel better if you stayed on you meds.  I am deleting any further responses from you.

[TheBlindPowerslave]

@asafsbsite4

Afraid of reality? And how the fuck are you gonna manage to delete my comment idiot?

[noallo690]

distraction from the BP spill disaster. media involved in it.

[7svensven7]

As an American, my country is a DESPICABLE pawn of Israel, purely Zionist in morals, meaning HAS NONE.

Did my country kidnap WHOEVER, and say, we will murder your citizens under our antiPatriot Act unless you give us our spies back?

Yep.

Any 10 KIDNAP VICTIMS would do.

America has not even the remotest shred of decency. You could not MAKE UP, an act of evil, that is too far for America to do.

Torture babies to make father sign false confession? CASUALLY

Any dumb enough to trust a USA promise?

[a7green]

....... This whole Spy story is just one big distraction.

[bigjames88]

This is just US and Russia tickling each others balls

[AIRDAM1]

Man, this is probably going to bite the americans in the ass. If details come out in the future about them stealing something majorly top secret, that is not known now.

They, "russian spy's", should have been held for at least a few years to be properly debriefed by our intelligence folks. Theres bound to be a TON of stuff they've done, or collected, that we have no clue about.

[sakal88]

Bond, James Bond, WARM martini, shaken not stirred !

[theflorgeormix]

as Indiana Jones once said - Fortune and Glory kid, Fortune and Glory

[MusicEqualsMemories]

Great deal...10 active agents for 4 inactive (imprisoned for the last 4-7 yrs). Why were

the Russian agents whisked away so fast. How much time did our intelligence services that with them? Did we learn who they were in touch with in the US? Why

did the media focus on the good looking one...ignoring the other nine? This story has been covered like a Lady Gaga or Lindsey Lohan episode. Way to cover up another international faux pas by the Obama Admin.

[TheKturner05]

@MusicEqualsMemories your an idiot, you know nothing of foreign relations and espionage, but still you act like your an expert and blame the president.

This stuff happens often.

[MusicEqualsMemories]

@TheKturner05: And you are a 23yr old who knows nothing of life but claim others

who have lived are idiots. Do you know my background? No. Experiences? No.

Education level? No. Occupation? No. Foreign service performed? No. What are your credentials? A member of the armed services? Perhaps you're a FSO. Just

another Obama fan who uses character assassination instead of addressing

the points.

[TheKturner05]

@MusicEqualsMemories I am just a man who has become tired of people blaming obama for things he has little or no control over. You Republicans are all the same, when there is a republican president and the country goes to shit you are quite. But as soon as a Demo is in office you expect him to plug the oil leak and now critize him becouase of that have been in this country for what 20+ years? Obama is trying to improve relation with russia, not destroy them. What are your credentials?

[Rata4You]

it's not a basketball game, dude. American spy's are all over the world including in friendly nations. It's no secret that nations we consider our allies are also spying on us. How many Israeli agents have been discovered and arrested? There is no value to keeping the agents because firstly, these agents were so lame that they were discovered 10 years ago!!! They were followed and monitored, calls recorded etc etc. The 4 agents the USA is receiving possess high tech knowledge.

[Rata4You]

The point of ending this quickly is this........everybody spies on each other and that's a fact of life. Let's proceed with working together and forging a far better relationship than the Bush era relations that was nothing but a problem for everybody involved.

Problem is now solved. End of story and YOU and I will never know what was behind the timing or intentions of these arrests. It wont be written in any newspaper and there are things beyond our understanding. Go buy some ice cream.

[MusicEqualsMemories]

@Rata4You: Gee it isn't DUDE? They have no high tech as prisoners in penal colonies in Russia haven't access to anything even remotely high tech. Any info

they have is dated. One guy was a gun runner. I bet he'll be valuable. On guy work

for the UK, never was a US intel asset. So the media says they were lame...of course that makes it true. What about their contacts in academia, the business

world, and outer class society? Did the Russians rush to trade Gary Powers. No, they held him 2yrs.

[Rata4You]

The high tech spies we have acquired is storied in eveyr newspaper in the world. I don't know if you get all of your news from Youtube or not, but it doesnt seem like you read much. In russias own newspaper they were mulling over the 4 for 10 trade asking why 1 for 2 trade deal is a sign that their spies were that lame! Again, it's not the LIBERAL media, the LIBERAL educational system, the LIBERAL agenday, it is what it is. Life moves on - it's a win for diplomacy, dude.

[Rata4You]

And look at your post...it is hypoberly....it doesnt even offer anything substantial. What ifs? The CIA was monitoring them for 10 years!! Believe me, if the CIA were to monitor you EVERYTHING you know they would know.....how many times you took a shit in the day, the quality of your dung, what you ate, what you posted on Youtube, who you chatted with on the phone....10 years of data. They were disposable, man. And the real pro's have not been found by either nation. THE END.

[Rata4You]

Seriously, dude, grow the fuck up and stop acting like you know anything. all you are doing is fighting an election that you lost 1.5 months ago.  It is sooooooo abundantly clear to anyone reading your posts. I only took a moment to comment because somebody really should tell you that. You are dumb!

[RobinhooodGFX]

Wait, we're letting people who spied on us back to their homeland just in time for show-n-tell? And Russia is going to give us spies who spied on them? lol something seems just a little weird.

[LacedShit]

@RobinhooodGFX We have made swaps with Russa lots of time what makes this so special i have no clue.

[bestamerica]

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shame shame shame shame shame shame on ussr russia,,,

ussr russia is a low life stink country,,,

why ussr russia spy in here america for russia,,,

what for

[Maleblade]

The girl in the yellow looks like she is worth a 10.

[DrKerrPhD]

Does anybody really believe they were spies? Now, how many believe the U.S. paid big money to 10 people who would say they were coffeshop spies just to get the news off of Obama's Katrina? What a joke this administration is!

[Anymuster]

lol - 10 nonsense suspects for 4 science and entelligent active agents.

pure deal.

shitheads

[jmorello123]

Well done Russia Today, your coverage was more serious than what I heard on the radio. Russian spies with invisible ink, making a mockery Russia. We should never mock a super power with nuclear weapons. Anyway, one can probably obtain more information by using the Internet and one never has to leave there country. : )

[jaimemgn]

There is more to the story than there is told. What was the president of Russia doing in the Silicon Valley & Palo Alto, CA days before this happened besides signing contracts with Cisco Systems????

[AtlasTitanX]

I think is kinda of douchie to ban em from the US :(

[jsee12953]

High school drama on a bigger scale.

[bondage2012]

@jsee12953 These Russian "spies" look pretty young. If they've been here for over a decade, they've been here since preteen or even early teens. Such a nonsense US is playing nowadays. Everyone must be bored here, or just a quick way to make some more money to balance the deficit from confiscated properties.

[dlucas90]

Here's a tip for the "Russian Spies"......................Pr­etend you are a Illegal Mexican immigrant. Unlike Russian spies, you wont be requred to register for anything and you will be able to claim "racisim" should anyone try to deport you.

Besides if the Russian Spies came here with the intent of harming the U.S.of A., they can rest and take it easy because our own govt. is working desperately to destroy the country from within. The whole U.S. govt works for unelected central bank(s)

[Flashman2006]

@dlucas90 It's the other way around actually. If you're an illegal, just say you're a Russian spy and you won't be deported for 10 years while they "track" you. You're an illegal only here to work, and you're deported. But you're a spy, and it's all good.

[Thorzanek]

As for the 10 Russian "spies" in the US, they never pleaded guilty to being the actual "spies". However, Russia's latest official statement on the swap is that they don't leave their own behind anyway, no matter what the situation is. They also let the 4 western spies go because they admitted to being spies for the US and UK, and pleaded for mercy. 10 Russian citizens are better than 4 failed western spies any day.

[PulSamsara]

10 clowns for 4 real spies. Sounds like the US scored.

[Thorzanek]

Sutyagin -- a military specialist from the institute of USA and Canada, got busted by Russian agency in '99. His name was #1 on the USA's list of most wanted for the swap. Zaporozhsky -- was working for the US agencies and living in the US since '97, got lured into Russia and busted there in 2001. Skripal -- worked for an English spy agency. Vasilenko -- CIA and FBI agent, was given up by a former American FBI agent Robert Hansen. So, they aren't as Russian as some people think.

[jobharrison]

@Thorzanek

It doesn't matter who they worked for, pal. They were born Russian and chose to work for Western agencies because they knew their government was hopeless.

Keep on equivocating.

[SAMTOMAS]

KGB is no dead.

[l0letrtainment]

So Russia are getting 10 RUSSIAN people back while giving away 4 RUSSIAN people to US? WTF?!

[MusicFilled]

@l0letrtainment LOL

[jobharrison]

@l0letrtainment

That's what hilarious about this coverage. No Westerners were involved at all. The U.S. didn't need to send spies to Russia, because it's easy to find Russians who are willing to work against their corrupt government (and one continues to maintain his innocence). Meanwhile, the Russians paid millions to have 10 people live cozy lives in the U.S., gaining no information whatsoever.

If we really are keeping score, I'd say it reads 14-0.

[F33bs]

@jobharrison That's a great fucking point.

[Physalis925]

@l0letrtainment those 4 are more valuable than the 10 combined, from giving nuclear weapons program information to lists of active russian operatives in foreign countries; while the 10 were mostly low level operatives and the US was keeping tabs on most of them for a few years. only until the US thought most were going to leave the country, that they decided to act.

[23Kite]

that is labeled as a spy? LABELED?!! They ARE spies you big oaf.

[theavatarstudy]

Wow Spying games COOL !!!!!

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My spying agency says that this a peer to peer firnedly excercise to update and to develope more efficient system in both countries (friend countries).

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My subordinates there tells me that each agent is to find weak structures (police, law, politic etc) in the opposite country's system . The results of this both sides exercise serves to improve both governments as well as stability in several areas. :D

[jogferjohn]

Good that this case is settled quickly, because Russia and USA need to stay on same wave-length as there are huge issues that both face together - such as threat of terrorism.

[elite1980s]

Another con job by the U.S, a lot of hot air for nothing. If any of the male members of the accused had a beard on, they'll be treated as Terrorists Spies haha!!

[Thorzanek]

Much more embarrassing for the United States. If those 10 people from the US really were spies, which was never proven in court, it just shows that it's easier for Russia to infiltrate the United States than vice-versa. Otherwise, Russia is just helping their citizens abroad. The real Russian spies never get caught though, such as the one who stole nuclear weapon secrets from the United States, resulting in a "nuke balance" in the world, leaving the US agencies dumbfounded. :-)

[PulSamsara]

@Thorzanek

Something tells me that Putin doesn't see things your way as he cringes over his vodka.

[dlucas90]

I don't believe the FBI or the CIA work for America, if they did, they wouldn't have let a foriegner campaign for, and win the Presidency.

[PulSamsara]

@dlucas90

The should enforce inbreeding laws to avoid spawn like you.

[dlucas90]

@PulSamsara Why do you say that, I'm not royalty?

[christophersteal]

Oh my god that’s funny Hey America I need to register with you I'm a Russian spy lol. My code word is "Смотрите я выбросил на берег на ужин" how the f*ck do you spy if you register as one. I'm American but this just flat out sounds ludicrous. If America is registering Russian Spies its only fair if the Russians to register future CIA agents go to Langley and ask for there registry you got to make sure who is spying on you in Russia see how crazy this sounds.

[Hekamaat]

These people get arrested.

Within hours, some of them 'admit their guilt'.

Eventually, the whole lot of them get deported...

But not before all of them 'admit their guilt'.

No courtcase- which also means 'no evidence presented to a court'.

Looks to me as if their 'admittance of guilt' was the price for the airline-ticket to Vienna:

Someone's been leaning on them...

[762lenny]

stupid and embarrassing - and a joke

[piffSD]

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE KIDS!!! WHO GETS THE KIDS!!!!! NOTHING SAID ABOUT THE POOR KIDS!!!!!!!!

[LordDyhalto]

@piffSD

Don't worry. Child protection social services have a nice group of pedophiles always willing to pay for fresh meat.

[youngplayag]

Let me get this straight Obama is swapping 10 Russians for 4 Russians Obama could not find a single American worth trading for? Why not let Russia keep all there spies then? Why do we want Russian spies coming back to the USA, seems like bullshit, We shouldn't expect much from Obango Democrats have never been good at simple math 10-4 we lose

[chekist1917]

@youngplayag The U.S. wants them because they helped the U.S. And one is a British spy anyway.

[PulSamsara]

@youngplayag

You were dropped on your head as a child, right ?

Go listen to AM radio...

[angelusp777]

yeah, where are those morons that where saying those people where not spies? You guys are picking after the US, since some of you guys who seat in your homes and read the press think you know more than those on the field...

[HorrorAngel666]

@angelusp777 in the field,, does that mean those average and below average IQ idiots that I see out on the streets everyday? Is that "the field" People work MC donalds cause your brain doesnt function higher, people work on tv blabbing your mouth cause your brain doesnt function much higher,,, people who run their mouths for a living "the media" have proven over and over again they are incompetent and Liars. And you have proven you trust everything you hear without thinking,, prob a christain?

[teemuruskeepaa]

We should overthrow those regimes, the government and its institutions. They are created by the elite without asking us.

[pptk101]

Man the American intelligence services must of wasted a lot of time on low value targets. Probably there are more Chinese deep cover agents in US than Russians.

[Fitzcard]

@pptk101 Chinese, French, Israel,  and others.

[pmf026]

I sense bullshit... something is just not right with this story. is it just me?

[con13069]

@pmf026 I feel the same way........ Something is terribly wrong with this story

[noallo690]

@pmf026 no buddy, not only you. It looks like a cirques. Doesn't it?

[Kinkspace]

LOL Any one for tennis :)))

[731288]

the relation bebetween ru and us.

Never been better.

And over the years only strengthen.

[Flankymanga]

lol 10:4 would have been a bad score in football but in fact it was a very good score in this case because for less you have gotten more :) Anyway the spies in america either did one hell of a job covering what they have found that they had to be monitored for 10 years or they didnt managed to uncover anything valuable yet so they were sort of a sleeper agents to be woken up later if they would get to more lucrative posts.

[phospheneca]

thats some fancy advertising for angelinas new movie right there.

[MeXReven]

FIRSTG

[MrMagma101]

@MeXReven

bitch