The Estonian Spy Case - Herman Simm

[jmm99]

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


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

[Stan]

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

Mike,
You'd be surprised to know that we have legal assistants known as Bankruptcy Managers who handle things such as auctioning off Herman's art and firearm collection as he "sits" in holding. Basically, Herman was no where near bankrupt til the State determined what damage he had done in $$$. Now he is truely bankrupt

They hope to get 70 grand or so, selling his booty (or is that bounty?) and estimate that he will still be in debt should he live through his incarceration.

It gets even better... there's a film in the making - Betrayer of the State coming to cinemas soon (unlikely to your area)

Regards, Stan

[jmm99]

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 stick with the old Meg Ryan romances, which always turn out well.

[davidbfpo]

A fascinating Foreign Affairs article 'The Estonian Spymasters: Tallinn's Revolutionary Approach to Stopping Russian Spies':http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articl...masters-000000

The title comes from this comment by Estonia's President:

We caught four moles in the last five years....That means one of two things. Either we’re the only country in the EU with a mole problem, or we’re the only country in the EU doing anything about it.

[selil]

I talked a little with the Estonians this week about the articles. They take their counter intel seriously.

[davidbfpo]

Spotted in a the journal INS a review of Edward Lucas's book, Deception: The Untold Story of East-West Espionage Today, published 2013, that the book's capstone was:

remarkable interviews with the imprisoned Simm

Edward Lucas is an Economist writer, based in London, with a stint in Moscow. The interviews are an 'exclusive' from a comment by a reviewer on:https://www.amazon.com/Deception-Unt...spionage+Today

Or UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deception-U...spionage+Today

INS in full is Intelligence and National Security which is published six times a year, with a global group of academic and other contributors. The review is behind a paywall.