And so it appears that Russian secret agents have been masquering as 'ordinary couples working ordinary jobs' in the suburbs of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Virginia. My attention was drawn to the news story this morning by a friend who was a Harvard classmate of one of the accused, a certain Donald Howard Heathfield. I immediately googled Mr. Heathfield to discover more about his particular brand of espionage. Apparently, Mr. Heathfield and his wife, Tracey Foley, were 'a typical 40-something Cambridge couple' and their Boston neighbours have been 'surprised, very surprised' by their arrest. Definitely a case of 'Spies Like Us'. Although, to be honest, Heathfield and Foley sound so ordinary that I'm not sure that their cover wasn't a little too deep:
"Russian security analyst Konstantin Eggert told the BBC that the alleged spy ring hadn't appeared to have done any spying."They haven't managed to gather any kind of significant information or didn't have any kind of sources worth noticing," he said.
My friend had been contacted by a national news programme seeking if he was prepared to be interviewed about the affair. He wasn't, presumably because he felt he couldn't beat this incisive summary of the couple, courtesy of The Boston Herald:
“She was a friendly neighbor. She was gorgeous. She was nice,” Monne-Corbero said. “They were European but I didn’t know what kind.”
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