| There is always a money connection if you look hard enough. Following Obama's Burger Date at Ray's Hell Burgers with Medevev, and Obama's ensuing use of the Justice system as a media spy tool, Russia and the United States are working out a spy swap involving Russians recently arrested in the United States and people convicted of spying in Russia, the brother of an imprisoned nuclear researcher said Wednesday. Officials from both the United States and Russia refused to comment on the report but Dmitry Sutyagin said he had plenty of details on the swap from his brother Igor, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence on charges of spying for the United States. In addition, there were signs in the United States that something might be under way. A hearing for three alleged spies was canceled in Virginia, US officials were meeting with the Russian ambassador in Washington, and two other alleged spies waived their right to a local hearing in Boston and were being sent to New York. Igor Sutyagin was told by Russian officials that he and other convicted spies are to be exchanged for the 10 Russians arrested by the FBI last month, his brother said. US officials were also at the meeting held Monday at a prison in Arkhangelsk, in northwestern Russia, his brother said. Sutyagin said he is to be flown to Vienna and then to London on Thursday for a planned exchange, according to his brother and his lawyer. Sutyagin said he was forced to sign a confession, although he maintains his ... |
