Posted on 06/29/2010 7:05:04 PM PDT by opentalk
Oleg Gordievsky, one of the Cold War's most famous defectors, says Russia may have as many as 50 deep-cover couples spying inside the United States.
Gordievsky, a former deputy head of the KGB in London who defected in 1985, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would know the number of illegal operatives in each target country.
The 71-year-old ex-double agent said that, based on his experience in Russian intelligence, he estimates that Moscow likely has 40 to 50 couples operating under cover in the US.
"For the KGB, there's usually 40 to 50 couples, all illegal," said Gordievsky, who defected to Britain after supplying information during the Cold War to the U.K.'s MI6 overseas spy agency.
Gordievsky said he spent nine years working in the KGB directorate in charge of illegal spy teams. "The president will know the number, and in each country how many - but not their names," Gordievsky said.
The FBI announced Monday the arrests of 10 alleged deep cover Russian agents after tracking the suspects for years. They are accused of attempting to infiltrate US policymaking circles while posing as ordinary citizens.
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IMHO, it was Bronson’s best performance; one that showed him as being a multi-dimensional character.
The Experts is a 1989 American comedy film starring John Travolta, Arye Gross and Kelly Preston.
Travis (John Travolta) and Wendell (Arye Gross) are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska, USA. The KGB spy Cameron Smith (Charles Martin Smith) takes them to the U.S.S.R., with the intention of teaching KGB agents to be hip like Americans.
See post # 62.
The man lies. Or, he can’t count.
There are (at least) 217 in the House alone, and another 59 (er, 58) over in the Senate. And another (one or two) in the White House.
And 4 more across the street in the Court.
Well, true.
But Putin can't afford any more than that now. Low Russian oil prices and all that, ya know.
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