Russian Spys…

As international special interest groups are vying for influence in the US government, the line between espionage and lobbying work is becoming dangerously vague.

The US Justice Department announced on Monday that 10 individuals were arrested on charges of working as “agents of a foreign government [i.e. Russia] without notifying the US attorney general,” a crime that carries a penalty of a maximum of five years in prison. Nine of the arrested individuals were also charged with money laundering.

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