The Cold War never ended.
Canada arrests Russian spy:
The man, who was detained Tuesday, allegedly posed as a Canadian citizen named Paul William Hampel. He is accused of "engaging in an act of espionage" and being a "danger to the security of Canada." The Russian government is not commenting. "We've seen this in the newspaper and we have nothing to say," said Alexei Lisenkov of the Russian embassy in Ottawa. "This is speculation about his identity." More.
"...it would be 'a nice little coup for CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), because those kinds of spies are probably the most difficult ones to catch.'
Canadian Security Intelligence Service home page.
Other news:
+ Americans seized in Iraq convoy hijack +++ US Troops hunt for kidnapped contractors +++ Darfur conflict spreads as Annan announces deal +++ Canada says could help patrol seas near N.Korea +++ Canada to run checks on some, not all port workers
posted by FreeCyprus at 12:17 PM
9 Comments:
A Russian spy? But I thought Russia was friendly with us... HAHAHAHAHA!
Canada's brand-spanking new Ambassador to Russia just met Putin for the first time yesterday as well. He didn't have the stones to bring up the spies.
Brooke...well Russia IS supposed to be our friend.
NateDawg...that's not really fair as the Ambassador isn't some lone wolf out there - he's part of a team called Canada. It's not about not having stones. We arrested a Russian and accused him of spying. The ball is in Russia's court now. No comment from them yet.
I think I used the wrong title in this post. I wasn't trying to say "hey look, we're still at war with Russia"
My take is that "countries have always been spying". Hell, why didn't I just say that.
Spying has always been done...the Roman Empire did it, so did the Persian and Greek Empires. Shoot, I'm sure there was even a caveman or two who spied for their tribe...
It's every country's duty to it's people to gather as much intel as possible...so that's why we spy. We also have a duty to our people to stop other countries from gathering intel that we haven't freely offered. That's why we arrested our Russian comrade.
Your'e funny cyprus.
I like the caveman spies, LOL!
Glad they caught the bastard!
Take care comrade.
FTGF!
Me too Daniel.
"In the third mass kidnapping in Iraq in the space of a week, gunmen have attacked a supply convoy near the border with Kuwait, seizing five Western contractors, including four Americans."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6498360
Hey. I think we must Support our Troops in Iraq.
I found a support site and song on the web to support our Troops in Iraq
I liked it and thought it was a good song for that. Today it is important that our troops need to know we stand by them no matter what.
Check it out if you can and pass it on.
http://westandbyyou.net
Later
Dave
Shoot, I'm sure there was even a caveman or two who spied for their tribe...lol FC..always good to hear intelligence org's actually working ..good read there buddy!
No surprise. Certainly, the Soviet Union has collapsed. But Russia still tries to keep its influence on former Soviet states. Its intervention to Ukraine is a typical case.
Under the Putin administration, Russia is turning toward undemocratic, which poses serious threat to NATO allies.
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home