Anna Chapman

New FBI Pictures And Videos Show Suburbanite Russian Spy Ring At Work

Jillian Rayfield | October 31, 2011, 1:19PM

Remember Anna Chapman and those 10 other Russian sleeper agents arrested last year?

Following a public records request by the Associated Press, the FBI on Monday released video, surveillance photos and documents related to the over-decade long "Operation Ghost Stories," which led to the arrest of the spies in June 2010.

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Topics: Anna Chapman, Espionage, Russia, Russian espionage case

Wikileaks

With Russia In Assange's Sights, Is He In Theirs?

Megan Carpentier | December 1, 2010, 2:15PM

Yesterday, The Daily Beast reported that the National Security Agency is aware that the FSB -- the post-Soviet KGB -- is closely monitoring Wikileaks, though the U.S. has no "direct evidence" that the Russians are behind the days-long denial-of-service attacks that have brought down the Wikileaks website over and over again.

But why would the Russians care that much? In part, because Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said that between the leaked cables and other information he got separately, high-level corrupt Russian officials should be worried. And some observers think that Assange's efforts to expose corruption in Russia could be more harmful to his site and himself than exposing America's secrets have been. One law enforcement source told The Daily Beast, "The Russians play by different rules," adding that they would be "ruthless" in their attempts to stop him.

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Topics: Julian Assange, Russia, TPMTech, The Daily Beast, Wikileaks

Espionage

Ten People Arrested For Allegedly Spying For Russia

Justin Elliott | June 28, 2010, 4:08PM

The Justice Department announced today that 11 people have been charged with spying for Russia, 10 of whom were arrested in Manhattan, Boston; Yonkers, NY; Montclair, NJ; and Arlington, VA.

The DOJ alleges that the people were allegedly "carrying out long-term, 'deep-cover' assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation." The purpose of this assignment, according to the FBI, is "to become sufficiently 'Americanized' such that they can gather information about the U.S. for Russia, and can successfully recruit sources who are in, or are able to infiltrate, United States policy-making circles."

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Topics: Department of Justice, Espionage, Russia