DOJ: 10 alleged Russian intel officers arrested

Associated Press ^ | 6-28-10

[Justaham]

WASHINGTON

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From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
"FBI files from 1976, recently made public under the Freedom of Information Act, confirm the connections between Weatherman, Havana, and Moscow. Weatherman leaders like Mark Rudd traveled illegally to Havana in 1968 to engage in terrorist training. There, camps set up by Soviet KGB Colonel Vadim Kotchergine were educating Westerners both in Marxist philosophy and urban warfare."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6808

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2543552/posts

Russian spy assumed Burlington man’s identity
Hamilton Spectator ^ | June 29, 2010
Posted on June 29, 2010 4:01:24 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

U.S. officials charged 11 people with being deep-cover Russian spies after a multi-year investigation that turned up allegations of a vast undercover network designed to collect information for Moscow, including new U.S. nuclear weapons research.

Four of the alleged spy ring’s members were posing as Canadians, one of whom had apparently co-opted the identity of the son of a Burlington man who died in 2005.

Court papers filed by the FBI say Donald Howard Heathfield, Tracey Lee Ann Foley, Patricia Mills and Christopher R. Metsos all claimed to be Canadian. Metsos remains at large.

Investigators allege Heathfield assumed the identity of a dead Burlington man as part of his spy legend — possibly using his actual birth certificate.

When investigators searched a Cambridge, Mass., safety deposit box, they found a photocopy of a birth certificate in the name of Donald Howard Graham Heathfield.

While the birth certificate “appears to be real,” an obituary search revealed the man to be the dead son of Howard William Heathfield of Burlington, who died in June 2005 at age 70.

Heathfield and Foley, a married couple who lived near Boston, claimed to be naturalized U.S. citizens born in Canada, court documents say.

Laurie Heathfield, of Toronto, is the sister of the man whose birth certificate is being used.

“Nothing surprises me in life anymore,” she said. “It’s kind of weird, but until somebody from a legal standpoint contacts me, I’m not too worried about it.”

No investigators have contacted her about the matter.

The Donald Heathfield name is also not her brother’s real name though the name of her late father, who lived in Burlington, is correct, she said.

The spies were given the single, primary goal of becoming “sufficiently ‘Americanized’” to gain access to the U.S. government’s planning and policy apparatus, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Foley, though claiming to be Canadian-born, travelled on a fake British passport prepared for her by the SVR, the court papers say.

The FBI says Moscow instructed the couple to gather information on U.S. foreign policy in areas such as use of the Internet by terrorists, the military and Central Asia. In one instance, Heathfield supposedly told his spymasters he had made contact with a U.S. nuclear weapons researcher.

The FBI alleges Heathfield and Foley communicated with Moscow through special computer software that embeds secret messages in images — a process known as steganography.

Mills and Metsos also claimed to be Canadian citizens.

Mills and her co-defendant husband, Michael Zottoli, lived for years in Seattle before moving to Arlington, Va., last October.

The FBI says Metsos, perhaps the most mysterious of the four purporting to be Canadian, does not live in the United States. The agency did not disclose his country of residence, but said he often travelled to the U.S. to meet with agents and pay them on behalf of Moscow.

In 2004, a Russian government official surreptitiously handed Metsos money in New York, the documents allege. Metsos then buried some cash in upstate New York and, two years later, Mills and Zottoli dug it up, the FBI says.

Some of the material collected and transmitted by the accused spies dealt with U.S. research on nuclear “bunker buster” bombs, according to the federal document charging the members of the ring. They also sought information on Pentagon planning, U.S. policy toward Central Asia and research on terrorists gaining access to the Internet.

Ten of the suspects were arrested in Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Boston and charged with federal offences ranging from conspiring to act as unlawful foreign agents to conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The 10 face prison sentences ranging from five to 20 years, if convicted.

[Cindy]

Canada ping.

[GOPJ]

I wonder if this was an operation carried out by someone in the intelligence services who objects to the new Bambi Soviet Friendship Program (the one where we lick Russian boots).

Weren't there some early CIA retirements?

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/steganography/index

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The Russians just want to know what those sneaky Communists are up to!

Did Communism Fake Its Own Death in 1991?
American Thinker ^ | January 16, 2010 | Jason McNew

In a bizarre 1984 book [New Lies for Old], ex-KGB Major Anatoliy Golitsyn predicted the liberalization of the Soviet Bloc and claimed that it would be a strategic deception. ..."

"Golitsyn's argument was that beginning in about 1960, the Soviet Union embarked on a strategy of massive long-range strategic deception which would span several decades and result in the destruction of Western capitalism and the erection of a communist world government."

"Golitsyn published his second book, The Perestroika Deception, after the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. This book contained further analysis of the liberalization, in addition to previously classified memoranda submitted by Golitsyn to the CIA. The two books must be read together to get a complete picture of Golitsyn's thesis."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/did_communism_fake_its_own_dea.html

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"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'
http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html
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Didn't Obama say something recently about a "new international order"?

From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092605a.cfm
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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“We are creating a new world, a balanced world. A new world order, a multipolar world,” Chavez told reporters during a visit to Communist China, one of many. His “new world order” includes [RUSSIA], China, Iran,... and a significantly weakened United States, he explained.

Resurgent Communism in Latin America
by Alex Newman, March 16, 2010:

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3122-resurgent-communism-in-latin-america?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=

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The two sides [Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia] agreed to "promote and enhance friendly relations" in line with the joint declaration of July 19, 2000 and the Russia-DPRK friendship and good neighborly cooperation treaty of February 9, 2000.

Putin and Kim agreed during their talks to promote a Russian- DPRK political dialogue on the Korean issue and international affairs, and discussed many topical international problems, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Prikhodko told reporters following the talks.

The two leaders spoke for an independent and peaceful solution to the issue of reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and against "any outside obstacles to this process" as "unacceptable."

http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Aug/17008.htm

[ETL]

Thanks for all the great info Cindy, others. I hope many FRers have time to read much of what’s on this thread.

[ETL]

Venezuela Set to Develop Nuclear Power With Russia
September 29, 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy — a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,429441,00.html
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Venezuela's Chavez welcomes Russian warships
Nov 25, 2008
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela – Russian warships arrived off Venezuela's coast Tuesday in a show of strength aimed at the United States as Moscow seeks to expand its influence in Latin America. The deployment is the first of its kind in the Caribbean since the Cold War and was timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Caracas — the first ever by a Russian president.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Venezuela%27s+Chavez+welcomes+Russian+warships%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz2

More Yahoo search results for Russia and Venezuela connections:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu_X30pZJCJEAfCtXNyoA?p=Russia+Venezuela+bombers+tanks+arms&y=Search&fr=404_news
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From National Public Radio (NPR):
August 29, 2006
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764

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Russian nuclear bombers in Cuba?
July 23, 2008

The media has been abuzz today at the prospect of Russian nuclear bombers being stationed in Cuba if the US goes ahead with plans for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe.

The story has riled the US enough that a US general has been wheeled out to tell the world’s press that any Russian attempt to build another nuclear base in Cuba would cross US “red line”.

The story broke earlier this week, when Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an un-named source from within the Russian military. He told the Russian daily:

“While they are deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers will already be landing in Cuba.”

The quote hasn’t been independently confirmed, but the Russian Defense Ministry added fuel to the fire when they refused to comment on the story.

The prospect of Russian nuclear forces being stationed in Cuba - which is, after all, only 90 miles from the US coast - would bring back some rather unpleasant memories for the US of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, where the Soviet Union under Nikita Kruschev launched an audacious and foolhardy bid to station nuclear missiles on the Caribbean island.

http://www.siberianlight.net/2008/07/23/russian-nuclear-bombers-cuba/
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Russia to help Cuba modernize weaponry, train military

September 18, 2009

HAVANA, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization of the Soviet-made military equipment and training of Cuban military personnel will be the focus of Russian-Cuban military cooperation in the near future, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Friday. Gen. Nikolai Makarov arrived on a working visit to Cuba on Monday, met with Cuban President Raul Castro and the country's military leadership, and visited a number of military installations.

"During the Soviet era we delivered a large number of military equipment to Cuba, and after all these years most of this weaponry has become obsolete and needs repairs," Makarov said.

"We inspected the condition of this equipment, and outlined the measures to be taken to maintain the defense capability of this country...I think a lot of work needs to be done in this respect, and I hope we will be able to accomplish this task," the general said.

Makarov said the Cuban request for assistance with training of military personnel will also be fully satisfied.

Although the Cuban leadership has repeatedly said it has no intention of resuming military cooperation with Russia after the surprise closure of the Russian electronic listening post in Lourdes in 2001, bilateral military ties seem to have been improving following the visit of Russian Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Cuba in July last year.

A group of Russian warships, led by the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer visited Cuba in December last year during a Caribbean tour.

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20090918/156170428.html

[Cindy]

You’re welcome ETL and thank you.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Arrested Russian spies used Irish identities - June 28, 2010 - Members of a Russian spy ring arrested in the United States at the weekend used Irish names and false Irish passports. The Irish government is investigating to what extent Irish documents were involved. An FBI affidavit makes clear that Irish passports were used. For a meeting in Rome, its American spy would approach a Russian operative and ask, "Excuse me, could we have met in Malta in 1999?" "Yes indeed,” the answer should be. “I was in La Valetta, but in 2000.” According to Moscow’s instructions, the stranger would then slip the spy a false Irish passport, for travel on to Russia.

[ETL]

Yet Obama is bending over backwards to appease his comrades in Moscow.

[Voter62vb]

Makes one wonder, knowing this DOJ and the Obama regime, on whose team were the “spys” truly a part. Most likely, patriots of the USA under cover.

[snowsislander]

An interesting quote about one of the spies from the NBC New York story:

Pelaez is a Peruvian-born reporter and editor and worked for several years for El Diario/La Prensa, one of the country's best-known Spanish-language newspapers. She is best known for her opinion columns, which often criticize the U.S. government.

I am very surprised that the government would arrest a journalist. The case must be more than air-tight.

[PMAS]

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[Grampa Dave]

This one was a beauty compared to most during the cold war!:)

[eleni121]

Our own idiots bow and scrape to tyrants.

Bow and scrape

Bow and scrape