Espionage

FormerSpook has an interesting and important post regarding the rush to exchange operatives which serves only to make one uneasy:

Here's a more likely scenario for our support of the spy swap. Chapman and her fellow operatives were instructed to penetrate policy-making circles, making contact with members of our elite. To date, there has been no comprehensive list of who they associated with, beyond a few vague descriptions in court filings. Is there something embarrassing in Chapman's list of American contacts, names that might be revealed over the course of a lengthy trial.

If you regard this administration as one holding the best interests of this nation at heart at this late date...