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Iran arrests 12 suspected US Spies

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CIA did come out a day or so ago and state that some of their operatives in Iran were compromised.
 
What happens nowadays to exposed spies in countries with...lax...attitudes to human rights? Are they still tortured, killed and dumped somewhere, or are they mainly kept as bargaining chips?
 
To be honest, who doesn't expect America to have a good load of spies in Iran? I can't comment either way on this article as both possible outcomes seem entirely plausible.

blahblah...blah said:
What happens nowadays to exposed spies in countries with...lax...attitudes to human rights? Are they still tortured, killed and dumped somewhere, or are they mainly kept as bargaining chips?
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Are you referring to America?

I don't expect any country treats foreign spies in their country kindly.

Amongst the power states, I think the general rule is that everyone, even if allies, has plants in everyone else's affairs. Amongst allies, I suppose the general rule is probably "treat them nice, deport them and hope the next set of spies found by a superpower aren't your own".

When two nations are actively hostile against each other? Probably worse, but not so worse as to provoke response.

edit - yeah, as Phoenix points out, if they're a citizen of the nation they are spying on all bets are likely off -it's not like the country they're spying for wants them or anything.
 
blahblah...blah said:
What happens nowadays to exposed spies in countries with...lax...attitudes to human rights? Are they still tortured, killed and dumped somewhere, or are they mainly kept as bargaining chips?
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If they are citizens of that country and just operatives, they are usually tortured, killed and dumped somewhere. Otherwise they are generally kept as bargaining chips for operatives that are otherwise captured elsewhere.
 
With Republican candidates speaking of regime change through secret operatives in Iran so candidly (has it ever been this blatant??), I'm not surprised Iran wants to make a few statements of its own.
 
NZ caught a bunch of israeli spies, it was pretty funny, gave em a name and shame. Fucking shifty israel barely even apologised.
 
Kyoufu said:
Wait, CIA is still doing this? Why? Didn't they learn from the Iranian revolution?
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Everyone has people everywhere. Right now there are French plants inside US soil. There are also US plants inside French soil. True story. Replace the two nations with two other nations and create your own examples!
 
Meadows said:
THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU IDIOT

CODE RED

CODE RED

WALES GAF, INITIATE OPERATION VALLEY GLORY
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MEANWHILE in Luxembourg:


Shall we muster our full ground force sir? I can gas up the jeep and pick up Roland on the way and Bernard has the vespa. Stephen is still counting his diamonds so he's out.
 
Suairyu said:
Everyone has people everywhere. Right now there are French plants inside US soil. There are also US plants inside French soil. True story. Replace the two nations with two other nations and create your own examples!
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You mean Russia might have agents on British Soil?!
 
DeathIsTheEnd said:
You mean Russia might have agents on British Soil?!
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Is it normal for the CIA to come out and say that their spies have been captured? Don't agencies usually deny this shit?
 
speedpop said:
CIA did come out a day or so ago and state that some of their operatives in Iran were compromised.
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proof on this: http://gma.yahoo.com/exclusive-cia-spies-caught-fear-execution-middle-east-233819159.html

In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or have been executed, according to four current and former U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community.

The spies were paid informants recruited by the CIA for two distinct espionage rings targeting Iran and the Beirut-based Hezbollah organization, considered by the U.S. to be a terror group backed by Iran.

"Espionage is a risky business," a U.S. official briefed on the developments told ABC News, confirming the loss of the unspecified number of spies over the last six months.

"Many risks lead to wins, but some result in occasional setbacks," the official said.

Robert Baer, a former senior CIA officer who worked against Hezbollah while stationed in Beirut in the 1980's, said Hezbollah typically executes individuals suspected of or caught spying.

"If they were genuine spies, spying against Hezbollah, I don't think we'll ever see them again," he said. "These guys are very, very vicious and unforgiving."

Other current and former officials said the discovery of the two U.S. spy rings occurred separately, but amounted to a setback of significant proportions in efforts to track the activities of the Iranian nuclear program and the intentions of Hezbollah against Israel.

"Remember, this group was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist group before 9/11," said a U.S. official. Attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 killed more than 300 people, including almost 260 Americans.

The U.S. official, speaking for the record but without attribution, gave grudging credit to the efforts of Iran and Hezbollah to detect and expose U.S. and Israeli espionage.
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