The American elites should decide whether they won't to work with their Russian counterparts or not. These supposed spies remind me of the spies in the Marx brothers film Duck Soup. The case appears wholly fabricated. FBI agents appear in the story to tempt some Russian's into doing something questionable. And in a decade the supposed spies do nothing of any value at all, in spying terms. And there such an eclectic group at least one millionaire. At least one South American reporter known to be critical of a number of policies of the government of the USA. Yes it must be the Red Gold that corrupted them one and all. Here is some advice for the FBI. When organizing a public show trial try to give the charges a veneer of plausibility. Most states who have these spectacular events take that minimum precaution.

This is stunt is vintage Obama. When in need to distract from a problem, he just plays basketball or put on a show. This "spy charade" is just an attempt to draw American public's attention away from Obama's incompetence in handling the BP oil spill disaster. We saw a similar distracting stunt when Obama dragged Medvedev to a greasy hamburger joint to waste time and disorient Medvedev from his agenda. The stunt was also useful in showing the American people how Obama can push and order Medvedev around. Russians made a terrible mistake when they allowed Obama to pressure them into supporting he UN sanctions against Iran and canceling the S-300 contract. Now, the impression around Washington is that Russians have no spin and are American poodles just like the Brits.

I meant to type Russians have no spine instead of "Russians have no spin". Sorry for the various typos in post 14:34 - too many interruptions this morning.

Concerning Anna Chapman. She wouldn't be the first Russian girl to use her looks to her advantage. And she wouldn't be the first to tell some lies to get what she wants. But it's not as if she was breaking in to the Pentagon. She never denied she was Russian, and she even used her own first name. The Americans would have good cause to arrest her on immigration grounds, but on spying? It seems excessive.

That's good that people can take the loans and this opens completely new chances.