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which had to affect adversely many innocent people. Probably something I shouldn't have joked about.

Best as always

Mike

PS: I won't spend much time sreaching for the video. I think I'll...

Cost of Russian LTC - $2,000
Cost of CIA officer - ~ $100,000+
Cost of EOD SNCO - priceless
:D:D:D

If you want legal advice on your new employment contract, PM me - I can still read a little...

To paraphrase Our Lord (and the cats), the spies will always be among us. Two briefs notes on spy convictions, one in the US and one in Russia:


and



The "Great Game" continues.

as this .....

did not reveal its sources and methods, at least in the BBC article, used to detect the "rock radio".

Since the transmission signals may have been very short range (don't know that, but that is...

My immediate thought is that the Simm case is so recent that anything detailed about his sources and methods would be classified. Possibly his guilty plea "proffer" (if Estonia uses that sort of...

either in this thread or here - web developer and an interest in films tells us not much. Thank you in advance.

thank you for the update.

Now that Mr. Simm has pleaded guilty, the question will remain (as it always does in these cases) about why he did what he did. Some will ask why he was not caught...

This appeared in a few places:

for the extensive update. No real breaking news - and many questions remain unanswered. If this case is settled (plea bargain), I suspect that many of those questions will remain buried.
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of media reports, is found here.



I Googled about (without success) to find the Eesti Paevaleht article, and the report of the special parliamentary commission. Stan, can you help out on this...

you scooped me by 20+ minutes. Good work, C4 man.

This case keeps getter odder and odder. It is fast morphing into something we have seen before - passing off "info" to allies.

I got a kick...

As Ken noted, the identity of the Dateline D.C. writer is hidden and quite possibly a legend:



So, Anons as the sources for the article; and Anon as its author.


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but its bottom line is clear enough:



Who has the most to gain from all this ? Is this a little wilderness of mirrors ?

can you use them for boat anchors. :D

Back in that day (mid-1950's), Hallicrafters SSB was the receiver - among our remote-area amateur radio people.

Regardless of its merits, the Scott opened...

the transmitter twin of this receiver - SLR-M Scott Marine Radio Receiver (WWII vintage), which works fine (despite its alternative use as a 50 lb. boat anchor) - except for those odd signals...

until the confession shows in a court document, the transmitter is put on the table and the Swiss bank account with millions shows up.

It may be all true (or all false); but I can sit back and be...

I thought you'd chime in with some facts. Nothing I've seen so far causes me to leave my suggestion in post # 8:



We might see formal charges (akin to our indictment) next year. If that is...

This article reviews the case, but provides little in new evidence other than the alleged radio mentioned in the second paragraph. The article also outlines the interest in the case by NATO Security...

do not add up to what would be expected to turn someone. Herman was well above middle-class without the 15.6K (police pension looks huge = 4 middle class families).

I think we should indulge...

there (must be ?) (should be ?) more meat.

1. His real estate holdings (much cited in initial articles) seem to be family, at least in part:


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you might be called as a witness for one side or the other. Should I get out my Miranda card ?

Seriously, you make a couple of good points.



Not an unusual reaction of neighbors in...

views differ for various reasons, discussed here.



http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/21475/

The 3-15 year sentence range for treason and espionage (noted in OP and in above article)...

Ran into this in a newsletter I receive. It is also very relevant to NATO.



http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/22/europe/EU-Estonia-Spy-Suspects.php


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