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It could also just be done as a thinly veiled threat to discourage people from working there. Even if nobody is arrested, the statement is basically saying "it
by dx87 6y ago
It could also just be done as a thinly veiled threat to discourage people from working there. Even if nobody is arrested, the statement is basically saying "it doesn't matter where you are, or how secretive your work is, we can find you". I can imagine spouses and family would suggest they start looking for a different job after seeing the announcment.
- SCHiM 6y agoIndeed. And as GP said. If you force your adversary to take more precautions you're driving up the cost, increase the time it takes for them to perform operations, makes them need more experienced/educated personnel, more procedures to catch mistakes, etc. etc. That's not a bad thing for Russia's adversaries.
- cameldrv 6y agoIt also means that they can't visit countries with an extradition treaty with the U.S. This is not the biggest penalty ever but it's something.
- dredmorbius 6y agoAlso assets, interests, and possibly more.
- anonAndOn 6y agoIt's basically, "good luck taking the wife & kids on holiday outside of Russia!"
- dredmorbius 6y agoOr investments, purchases, business opportunities, ...
- rconti 6y agoAnd it's even more of 'something' when you're in a country with a questionable economy and future. I'd have to think if you're an adequately-compensated-but-not-connected person in Russia, you'd be keeping a Plan B in your back pocket "just in case".
- rland 6y agoBut this is only six people. I'm sure they have hundreds or thousands of people working on "the America project" at the GRU. We nailed 6 of them. So what? Foreign intelligence agencies weed out a CIA spy every now and then, but that doesn't seem to deter the CIA.
- Traster 6y agoHonestly, having worked for large companies, it's astonishing how few people are working on any given project. It's normally a handful of people actively contributing to any given specific project.
- Stierlitz 6y ago@dx87: “It could also just be done as a thinly veiled threat to discourage people from working there” Yea, those damn Ruskies are so stupid they left their name and home address in the compiled files.
- green_rooster 6y agoNot far off from that, it seems: https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1318277154908536833 https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1318277154908536833
- Stierlitz 6y ago@green_rooster: “Not far off from that, it seems:” Ни черта не умеют!