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From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBrittney Griner has been freed from a Russian penal colony after months of delicate negotiations...
MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its 'help' in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for its...
Why is a Cuban spy who was nabbed in the U.S. and freed in a prisoner swap visiting Moscow?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Cuban spy who was captured and imprisoned in the U.S., and later released in a prisoner swap with...
Kerr: Francis Gary Powers, a Cold War legend and hero to remember
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoSixty-two years ago, almost to the month, Francis Gary Powers was one of the most famous names on...
Will Russia use a U.S. reporter as a bargaining chip for its alleged spies?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBefore arresting a U.S. reporter, Russia suffered embarrassing setbacks with hundreds of suspected...
From 'Bridge of Spies' to Brittney Griner, tense prisoner exchanges part of US history
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter the two prisoners walked past each other on the airport tarmac in Abu Dhabi – American...
Exclusive: Ex-Russian spy flees to the NATO country that captured him, delivering another...
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years ago“The Russians have no idea,” Alexander Toots, the head of Estonian counterintelligence, tells me,...
This CIA turncoat kept up treason from prison and he’s about to walk free. Will he defect to Russia?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTHE SPY WHO USED HIS SON: Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a 16-year veteran of the CIA, was sentenced...
Russia rules out prisoner swap talks before verdict in reporter’s case
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussia may be willing to discuss a prisoner swap for detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan...
Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCharles F. McGonigal, who held one of the FBI's most sensitive positions, now faces criminal charges...