The FBI says it has arrested a member of a Russian spy ring and charged two others with attempting to recruit members in the New York City area. National Public Radio’s Carrie Johnson reports that the spy ring attempted to recruit young women from a major New York university.
Alleged Russian spy ring aimed to recruit workers @ big companies, "several young women w ties to major university in New York," @SDNYnews
— Carrie Johnson (@johnson_carrie) January 26, 2015
Many items caught on wiretap by #FBI in the alleged Russian spy ring case are NSFW (or public radio) but laugh-out-loud funny anyway.
— Carrie Johnson (@johnson_carrie) January 26, 2015
Speaking of laugh-out-loud funny, is it possible that a Russian spy attempted to recruit BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith?
Years ago had a Russian "journalist" make some kind of recruitment effort in my direction http://t.co/Nh9WfJP6XG
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 26, 2015
@CuffyMeh @JammieWF In your dreams you did, Benny. Why would they bother?
— Michael Walsh (@dkahanerules) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen of course you were, "Ben Smith."
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen and what did you do? did you accept?
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 26, 2015
@JakeSherman didn't get what was going on til a while later
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen @JakeSherman did you accept *then*?
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen @JakeSherman so how long have you been working for the Russians? How's the pay? Do you get benefits?
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/559808086949773314
no shit @CuffyMeh
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen Did you ever write about it?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen you should write that up!
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedBen @JakeSherman crazy – why in retrospect do you think would they believe a reporter would have bitten on it ?
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 26, 2015
Reporter?
@BuzzFeedBen I guess U were selected because of your views, how long ago ?
— VJ Machiavelli (@VJMachiavelli) January 26, 2015
@BuzzFeedAndrew @BuzzFeedBen Long term plan to subvert Amerika by destroying its attention span. More devious than fluoridation.
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/SolJewasaurus/status/559809181470175232
https://twitter.com/ArrogantHipster/status/559808086874263552
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