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If you like real life spy stories, real life international intrigue that makes you want to ruin your martini by having it shaken and not stirred, then this has been a good summer of news for you. first there was the russian spy story, ten russian long-term sleeper agents uncovered and arrested. they pled guilty and then on the tarmac of an airport, they were traded by the u.s. for a few russian prisoners. an 11th russian sleeper agent was also charged but got away and remains at large. even as w...

Ended this way. ten russian sleeper agents have arrived in austria, whisked away in the dead of night. moscow and washington moving at lightning speed to swap spice and bring an end to an uncomfortable international incident. late developments in just a moment. 81 days into the gulf oil disaster. crews keep cleaning the tar balls off the white sands of gulf shore beaches. have you ever wondered where it all goes? you will see for yourself ahead. we begin with the biggest story in the history...

20 minutes now to the top of the hour. as far as neighbors and friends were concerned, the accused russian sleeper agents were everyday joes. now that feds busted ub a decades-old spy ring, make us wonder if there are more spies among us. joining us from washington to help answer that question and talk about future threats is peter brooks a former cia officer and former deputy assistant direct secretary of defense. peter, great to see you. >> good morning. >> do you think this is a wake-up call?...

So what do they know? are they a threat to our national security? our former moscow correspondent also lived in moscow for 7 years. thousands of russian spies in this country. does that sound right to you? >> it sounds high to me. these people they recently arrested, how effective were they has spies? they were sleeper agents looking to recruit more people as spies. but there are probably more spies in the united states and more u.s. spies in russian because of the fact that our countries have b...

Russia the vital secrets of the atom bom and also a defendant is rosenburgs wife. >> fox movie coverage of the rosenburg convicted and executed as soviet spies. when suspicion intrigue and cold war dominated the headline. that reignited this week when authorities rounded up len men and women accused of participate nothing a bizarre spy ring. they were call would sleeper agents. redhead was the word. elena chapman one of those arrested in the pie ring. it could be serious but this is one of the b...

Russia the vital secrets of the atom bom and also a defendant is rosenburgs wife. >> fox movie coverage of the rosenburg convicted and executed as soviet spies. when suspicion intrigue and cold war dominated the headline. that reignited this week when authorities rounded up len men and women accused of participate nothing a bizarre spy ring. they were call would sleeper agents. redhead was the word. elena chapman one of those arrested in the pie ring. it could be serious but this is one of the b...

Russia the vital secrets of the atom bom and also a defendant is rosenburgs wife. >> fox movie coverage of the rosenburg convicted and executed as soviet spies. when suspicion intrigue and cold war dominated the headline. that reignited this week when authorities rounded up len men and women accused of participate nothing a bizarre spy ring. they were call would sleeper agents. redhead was the word. elena chapman one of those arrested in the pie ring. it could be serious but this is one of the b...

But, according to the feds, spent more time planning to lead a group of men in a series of terror attacks abroad. and shriek mobley to his new jersey neighbors was an unassuming quiet young man, at least he seemed that way until he turned up in yemen arrested as part of a suspected al qaeda yell another radicalized american. >> recruited in a variety of ways into the jihadist movement. a lot of them its online, they are all computer literate. they go to jihadist web sites. another cases its asso...

Certainly. steve, professor, thank you so much. appreciate that. >> pleasure. >> for decades, they have been planted all around us. were talking about russian spies. the goal to influence events in order to benefit russia. our cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is taking a closer look. >> reporter: fbi cameras captured russian operative emma chapman and the federal undercover agent meeting in a new york coffee shop in june 2010. 17 days later, chapman and nine other russian sleeper agents ...

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