06-29-2010, 12:06 PM
NEW YORK (AFP) – The United States cracked open an alleged Russian spy ring Monday, announcing the arrest of 10 "deep-cover" suspects after unraveling a mission secretly monitored by the FBI for more than a decade.
An 11th suspect remained at large as US authorities busted a network of sleeper agents tasked with secretly penetrating American policy-making circles and reporting back to their spymasters in Moscow.
"You were sent to USA for long-term service trip," read a message decrypted by the FBI and said to be from Moscow Center, the headquarters of the SVR intelligence service, a successor to the Cold War-era KGB.
"Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. -- all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e. to search and develop ties in policy-making circles in US and send intel to C (Moscow Center)."
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An 11th suspect remained at large as US authorities busted a network of sleeper agents tasked with secretly penetrating American policy-making circles and reporting back to their spymasters in Moscow.
"You were sent to USA for long-term service trip," read a message decrypted by the FBI and said to be from Moscow Center, the headquarters of the SVR intelligence service, a successor to the Cold War-era KGB.
"Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. -- all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e. to search and develop ties in policy-making circles in US and send intel to C (Moscow Center)."
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