to work at foreign embassies as diplomats and spy under diplomatic cover. what is not clear from court filings, experts say, is if she was a so-called illegal, a person trained as a spy in russia who comes to spy in the u.s. off the books, sometimes using a fake name, a fake passport, a phoney job, cover so deep that only the highest levels of the russian intelligence services would know she existed. so the best illegal comes over here under some pretense, becomes an american citizen, works in our businesses, maybe works at a government agency and is able to become a mole from within, acting as an american. that s what russian sleeper spies were doing when they were busted by the fbi in 2010 as part of operation ghost stories. ten russians were caught doing long-term missions in the u.s., posing as normal, working american citizens. here on surveilled yons, one operative is seen exchanging a back with another man in a stairwell. those spies were the basis for the popular fx drama
brandy wine said they had no idea that the plants had been proposed let alone approved. what happens when deep cover russian spies infiltrate the u.s. and appear to be living normal lives? the fbi responds by launching operation ghost stories and that s featured in the season two premiere of declassified with mike rogers. for a country that wants to be a superpower again intelligence can be the most important kind of power. so that s why it is important for the united states to be aware of what they re up to so that we can anticipate their actions and take steps to protect our country. there are various ways the russians develop effective spies. they deploy people to this country under a diplomatic
they are, and they re, again the americans could have walked in the room with absolutely no ill intent whatsoever. but i m not sure that the russians walked into the room with the same intent. under the russians are pretty clever file, mike rogers, let s talk about your cnn original series, airs on saturday, the entire first episode is about the spies next door, operation ghost stories, where this is all about russian spies infiltrating the u.s. and trying to, you know, seemingly live these normal american lives before being busted. take a look. christopher metsos, now in possession of what we believe to be $250,000, meets richard murphy, passes him almost half the cash to sustain his operation. and then gps shows that metsos s car traveled approximately 80 miles north of new york city to a small rest stop. the final portion of the money
source confirms to cnn the fbi s investigating the cultural center, specifically digging into the types of activities engaged in during the trips. the russian foreign ministry said in a statement the allegations quote contain nothing in common with the reality. while the cold war officially ended some years ago, the u.s./russian rivalry and spycraft, well, that s thriving. in may, american diplomat ryan fogle was detained in moscow with some terrible wigs, dark glasses and foreign cash. the russian counterintelligence agency claimed he was trying to recruit spies. he was deemed persona nongrata and sent packing, sans wig. who can forget operation ghost stories, a russian spy ring broken up by the fbi that introduced the world to anna chapman, the sultry red-headed spy who is now a popular talk show host in russia. uri insists she s not his comrade and he s no spy. russian cultural center is
traditional espionage. hundreds of cyber attacks. it is a direct threat. it is the easiest way to find out who be trade. fox files goes inside espionage in the cold war. they raised members. russia continues to send spies to the u.s. you are covered sue he kret agents for the russian government. it is a story out of the cold war. a nest of spies spread across america from the big cities to the quiet suburbs. june 2010, the fbi and the department of justice revealed operation ghost stories. the arrest of a network of russian spies living and working in america. some were sleeper agents with