years sentence at a maximum security prison in northern russia for allegedly passing secrets of russia's space program to a london firm. but now we are told that he is part of the exchange, and his attorney says that sutyagin's father received a phone call and he was seen getting off of a plane in vienna, austria, and it is moving fast toward that end to the united states as well. >> it is extraordinary how quickly this unfolded from the time of the arrest of the ten russians until now. it has been lightning. >> it is lightning speed. amazing to think about this. 11 days, wolf, 11 days from the time that the u.s. officials took down that alleged spy operation to now when the spies are deported. there could be many reasons why and not the least of which the russians could have been eager to get the case here in the united states out of here. listen to cnn contributor tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director talk about that. >> the russian federation does