Lawfare Archive: John Sipher on Spy Swaps: Past, Present, and Future
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The Russians in the United States
In 2010, the US government arrested 10 Russian illegals living in the United States. They were using various backgrounds, Canadian, South American, US and others. The CIA talked to the British service as well and realized that we had several people, Russians, who had been working for us in the British in Russian prisons. And so in Vienna, the10 Russian illegals who were found guilty even or put in prison were released, taken to Vienna and traded for four Russians who had been allegedly spying for the United States and for Great Britain.
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