• FBI releases Russian spy video.
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[release] The FBI has released video showing Anna Chapman and other members of a Russian spy ring apparently secretly exchanging information and money. The recordings are among documents released from an FBI surveillance operation called Ghost Stories. Russian agents spent 10 years in the US, but there is no evidence they obtained any sensitive information. They were freed in a spy swap at an airport in Vienna, Austria, in July 2010. One recording shows former real estate agent Chapman shopping at Macy's department store in New York, while transmitting coded messages to a nearby Russian government official over a wireless network, according to the FBI. The material, released as part of a Freedom of Information request, purports to show another spy, Mikhail Semenko, hiding material at a drop site - underneath a footbridge in a park outside Washington DC. Another video appears to show Christopher Metsos, believed to be a ringleader in the case, receiving a shopping bag filled with money from a Russian mission official at a train station in Queens, New York. [B]'Talent spotters'[/B] The FBI believes the agents were "talent spotters" - directed to identify people in high-level positions that would be interested in sharing information. An FBI spokesman told the Associated Press news agency the decision to release the material from the surveillance operation, named Ghost Stories, on Halloween was coincidental. One video shows Chapman setting up her laptop computer at a branch of the bookstore Barnes and Noble. Another shows her meeting an FBI agent posing as a Russian consulate employee at a downtown New York coffee shop in late June 2010. FBI records show that an hour after the meeting, Chapman bought a new mobile phone under a fake name, then failed to show up to a second meeting. The US authorities then moved in to break up the spy ring. Four Russians imprisoned for spying for the West were exchanged for the deep cover agents. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded all 10 with the country's highest honours. While many of the spies have kept low profiles back in Russia, Chapman has since become a media personality, hosting her own television show, and taking a role with the governing party's youth wing.[/release] Videos released.. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko15D7bJm_A&feature=channel_video_title[/url] 1 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rRrWY6C-Rw&feature=relmfu[/url] 2 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Lap9tHJek&feature=relmfu[/url] 3 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECCs-BfY6H4&feature=relmfu[/url] 4 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf59xLPvXgk&feature=relmfu[/url] 5 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34mdIyyeuY&feature=relmfu[/url] 6 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSU-xl107o&feature=relmfu[/url] 7 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZu3_iFftEk&feature=relmfu[/url] 8 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S69TD9_4_IU&feature=relmfu[/url] 9 [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgk8cs4mU4&feature=relmfu[/url] 10
Because the Americans are so innocent as well.
Whoa, the FBI has a youtube page?
If they were freed in a spy swap, I'm more interested in finding out what the American spies were up to.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;33059093]Because the Americans are so innocent as well.[/QUOTE] I think the fact that there was a spy swap means they're not trying to say they are.
[QUOTE=Article]Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded all 10 with the country's highest honours.[/quote] really? Just letting you know, the cold war's been over for two decades.
So weird. Think if you had been in that coffee shop in the first video. Turns out that nice looking couple sitting at the table over there? Russian spies. It's like straight out of Hollywood
[quote]Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded all 10 with the country's highest honours.[/quote] good job spies, you got caught, and found no vital or sensitive information. Have a medal.
Even the fucking FBI has a youtube channel..
[QUOTE=Marbalo;33059927]no evidence they obtained sensitive information doesn't necessarily equate to them not having any information at all. the whole point of spies is to cover up their tracks, they might just be that good that you didn't even realise anything is missing.[/QUOTE] They were still caught, and caught on camera.
that's nice and all now show boobs please
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;33059773]good job spies, you got caught, and found no vital or sensitive information. Have a medal.[/QUOTE] Imagine what it would be like if the FBI told the public that Russian spies had infiltrated American security and stole classified information. The FBI could have lied about information being stolen.
Very interesting that spy cases like these get unfolded nowadays, especially when you have things like videos. Though, I can only suspect that they weren't spying as they did during the Cold War days, I suspect it's more general information than anything they've been gathering, on either side.
[QUOTE=Canesfan;33059622]So weird. Think if you had been in that coffee shop in the first video. Turns out that nice looking couple sitting at the table over there? Russian spies. It's like straight out of Hollywood[/QUOTE] I think the man was an FBI agent.
[QUOTE=Cmx;33059115]Whoa, the FBI has a youtube page?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't stay on that page too long if I were you. :tinfoil:
I think the videos are freaking cool. First, it's not everyday you get to see "spies" at work. Secondly, it shows how good FBI are at investigating stuff. Cool stuff!
Man I'd like to be a spy in this day and age! You get paid for doing spy stuff, how awesome is that? And there's practically zero danger involved.
[QUOTE=Lalelalala;33061942]Man I'd like to be a spy in this day and age! You get paid for doing spy stuff, how awesome is that? And there's practically zero danger involved.[/QUOTE] Except being executed for treason if you are caught!
[QUOTE=Combin0wnage;33062117]Except being executed for treason if you are caught![/QUOTE] Chapman pleaded guilty and got deported to Russia where she's living the high life. Didn't you read the article?
[QUOTE=Lalelalala;33061942]Man I'd like to be a spy in this day and age! You get paid for doing spy stuff, how awesome is that? And there's practically zero danger involved.[/QUOTE] except being an intelligence officer nowadays is alot different to what it was during the cold war, it's also very different to what you see in the movies. and there is a lot of danger involved, youve just infiltrated a foreign country with the intention to steal from them.
[QUOTE=hehe;33062939]except being an intelligence officer nowadays is alot different to what it was during the cold war, it's also very different to what you see in the movies. and there is a lot of danger involved, youve just infiltrated a foreign country with the intention to steal from them.[/QUOTE] Don't burst my bubble here, I'm sure it's just like in the movies! But really, why is there danger? Nothing bad happened to any of the spies involved, right?
[QUOTE=Lalelalala;33063136]Don't burst my bubble here, I'm sure it's just like in the movies! But really, why is there danger? Nothing bad happened to any of the spies involved, right?[/QUOTE] they got banned from entering the united states... under those aliases of coarse.
post your source
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;33065034]post your source[/QUOTE] I only posted 10 videos of Russian spies from the fbi's youtube channel. If thats not enough of a source I'm sorry I can't help you.
Why doesn't the FBI have better cameras? The pictures are pretty damn unsteady and not very good looking. Maybe they're really tiny cameras, in which case its understandable.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;33060264]Imagine what it would be like if the FBI told the public that Russian spies had infiltrated American security and stole classified information. The FBI could have lied about information being stolen.[/QUOTE] If this were the case, though, they'd never be allowed to go back to Russia.
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