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Security division in the justice department where she was the deputy chief in the espionage office for the department of justice. they brought someone into the mariia butina case. there was a moment where we have the transcript, her lawyer is arguing his client should not be in jail. his client you can see from the sketches, she's sitting there in an orange jail jumpsuit. her lawyer is arguing to the judge about the injustice of that and how unnecessary that is that she is being held in jail. the lawyer said, i submit to you, your honor, she is entitled to leave on her own there could be other...

Recognizance. this is not an espionage case, not a spying case, her lawyer says. actually, don't look behind you but veteran counter espionage prosecutor from the national security of the division of the justice department has actually been brought in to try this case. you may not want this to be an espionage case but there's a counter counter espionage prosecutor and your client is being charged with a secret russian agent, rhymes with pie but starts with an "s." in this hearing today and filings in the case today, prosecutors argued at length maria butina should not be released from jail, sh...

Probably hurt your feelings legal reference, she only has ties to russia. not ties to the united states. if she's out of the courtroom and awaiting trial she will be in russia faster than you can say -- her supposed american boyfriend is an intel operation, not love. this veteran counter espionage prosecutor saying, dude, it wasn't love. it was spying. we have the documentation to prove it. that probably hurts the feelings of u.s. person one. that said, if you are u.s. person one, you may have bigger worries. it is noted in passing late in today's hearing, u.s. person one, the american basical...

Orientation not guilty. attempted invasion of privacy, guilty. guilty on, of bias intimidation with purpose to intimidate because of sexual orientation. again, a number of guilty counts. it all gets a little bit confusing. a number of guilty counts, a number of not guilt findings. however, it is my belief that ravi had rejected a plea deal because he thought that he would be able to get a much better deal in open court. it appears that those hopes have been dashed. ravi guilty on a number of counts in the so-called spying case that eventually resulted in the suicide of his former roommate. jen...

good. the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9.1%. dan lothian is adding up the numbers. what do they mean for the president and for the american pe people? >> the economy is having a difficult time finding traction even as the 2012 campaign ramps up. republicans are blaming this on the president's quote failed policies, but this is all showing a sense of urgency for the president and members of congress that they need to do something now. on a beautiful fall day in the nation's capitol, nothing but blue skies and sunshine. but a dark cloud continues to linger over the nation's econ...