FWIW:
January 28, 2000
Former Soviet spy: Small nuclear devices planted in U.S.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/28/spy.hearing/ LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A hooded, former Soviet spy with tales of threats to U.S. security was the star witness at a congressional hearing this week in California. The one-time military intelligence colonel testified that suitcase-sized nuclear devices are hidden on U.S. soil.
"Soviet general staff designed special plan for the future war against America," witness Stanislav Lunev testified Monday in heavily accented English.
It may sound like Cold War-era fiction, but some U.S. congressmen, hoping to convince people the stories are reality, invited Lunev -- who they claim is the highest-ranking defector from Russian military intelligence -- to a field hearing in Los Angeles.
Lunev said his mission was to scout for "dead drop" sites in the United States that were to be used to store communications devices and weapons, including those of mass destruction. "Dead drop" sites were sites at which one agent could leave an item and another agent could pick it up.
"I had very clear instruction: these dead drop positions need to be found for all types of weapons, including nuclear weapons," said Lunev.
Senior U.S. government officials say the FBI can find no evidence supporting Lunev's claims.
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In a post 9-11 world, the fact that the FBI can't find no evidence doesn't sound very impressive. They didn't find any evidence that 9-11 was being planned either.
There was a senate briefing on this. I will look for the link.
