ordnance11 Wrote:I think all of you had heard of the Russian spy ring that got broken up this month. There were 2 things that came thru my mind:
1. Better the spies you know than the ones you don't.
Oh yes. It's very bad tradecraft to arrest a spy - now when you can use them to send misinformation or trace the spy network.
Quote:2. It's amazing that the FBI was able to find and track these folks for a decade. But considering some of them had facebook photos of them on the web, makes me kinda wonder whether it was good spycraft or not.
It's about fitting in. However, modern technology means that you leave massive traces, just by doing so.
Quote:The paranoid in me keeps envisioning Islamic sleeper cells here in the States. If you recall the story of the Hashashin, it might not be so far fetched. Granted the Hashashin would had scorned today's fedayeen suicide bombers as being crude amateurs, but you have to wonder.
Possible. However, that would require them to act against what they believe their religion to be, in order to fit in.
