Alleged Russian Spy Caught in Canada

[AG124]

Ah, I see now.:hmm: I can see the spies are being deported in the present age - I think I have read of spies being deported from various countries during the Cold War as well. Would it have ever been common (either during the Cold War or now) for them to have been executed?

[August]

Originally Posted by AG124

Ah, I see now.:hmm: I can see the spies are being deported in the present age - I think I have read of spies being deported from various countries during the Cold War as well. Would it have ever been common (either during the Cold War or now) for them to have been executed?

They have value in trades. The US and USSR used to trade their captive spies all the time. Gary Powers is one example.

Originally Posted by AG124

Ah, I see now.:hmm: I can see the spies are being deported in the present age - I think I have read of spies being deported from various countries during the Cold War as well. Would it have ever been common (either during the Cold War or now) for them to have been executed?

Absolutley, the Rosenbergs, although treason was the charge. Benedict Arnold for the same reason. Expulsions for espionage is more common with the UN in NYC and many embassies in DC. It works both ways however, there have been many fueds where countries expell each others diplomats over espionage.

[XabbaRus]

Also there is an unwrtten rule that you don't bump each other spies off and I think that goes for execution too.

Look at the Cambridge five. I suppose under treason laws they could have been shot but sometimes it is worth letting them go just to see who they go to.

I think that sometimes they might let a spy continue his spying to see who their contact is they just let him see wrong information that he and the enemy whoever it is thinks is right.

[Kapitan]

everyone spies on everyone else simple fact of life you do it every day so countries do it to each other

[AG124]

I just wonder, does anyone know if Canada itself is spying on anyone else? Are there any reports of Canadian spies in other countries? Or are we too weak and complacent?

[August]

Originally Posted by AG124

I just wonder, does anyone know if Canada itself is spying on anyone else? Are there any reports of Canadian spies in other countries? Or are we too weak and complacent?

Surely Canada has an intelligence service?

[tycho102]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

everyone spies on everyone else simple fact of life you do it every day so countries do it to each other

I blame the Zionists. It's a Zionist conspiracy. They took over the Illuminati. It's a bunch of fat, rich Jews sitting around drinking Manishevitz and eating olives, trying to figure out how to gain more power. Without having to leave the protective confines of their beloved Zion because it is the center of all culture and affluence. (<---- Jewish parody)

Seriously, though. Putin is a strange one. On the one hand, you cannot just institute voting in a nation and call it a success. You have to to literate your population, increase productivity such that people have time to pay attention to politics, and then you have got to increase communication such that people find it profitable to discuss politics. China is going about it the right way. God knows I wish we had done things after World War II the way China is going about it. China has been preventing it's yellow-bellied cowards from breeding out of control, but giving people incentive to achieve and "own" property.

Putin wants a Venezula-like dictatorship, with the benefits of an anti-American niche. It's a "niche" that so many others are attempting to profit from, it's not going to be long before they are actively competing against one another.



So, the "Cold War" has ended, but Russia isn't anywhere near an ally.