Anna Chapman is the (we assume) pseudonym of one of the 10 alleged spies arrested by the FBI and, strangely enough, she's the only one of those spies who is trending individually on Google - I'm sure it's nothing to do with with the fact that the US tabloids are describing her as a 'flame-haired, 007-worthy beauty' with a 'Victoria's Secret body'.
From the evidence presented, it seems that this band of (relatively hapless) spies, did very little during their time in the US apart from spend money, make no headway on finding political contacts and exchange the type of greetings that I had assumed were just spy cliches...
For example, the FBI - acting as fake Russians - told her to give a fake passport to a contact (who she would recognise by the way they held their magazine), who would welcome her with the phrase "Excuse me, but haven't we met in California last summer?" To which Chapman was meant to respond, "No, I think it was the Hamptons."
There is also a story of one spy sitting next to an, alleged, Russian official on a park bench for an illicit meeting and swap of materials. Sitting on a park bench? It's not very inventive, is it?
In fact, if this spy ring is truly the work of the Russian government then I can only assume that this operation is a carefully plotted smokescreen to hide the real spy ring so it can go about its business with greater ease...
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