07/09/10
Under a deal worked out
with the US and Russia,
the 10 pleaded guilty in court
to one criminal count
of acting as unregistered agents
of a foreign country,
and were sentenced to
time already served, just 11 days.
In Moscow, at least four Russians
accused of spying for the CIA
were to be sent west today,
including Igor Sutyagin,
a nuclear arms scientist,
who continued to
maintain his innocence
and was described by his lawyers
as depressed by the spy swap
because he said he'll never
have the chance to prove
he was not guilty.
The three others to be set free
by the Russians in the swap
are also Russians described as
senior military and
intelligence officials,
who were serving
long prison sentences
for their contacts with the CIA.
米ロ間で取り引きが成立。
スパイ容疑で起訴された10人は
法廷で罪を認めた。
刑期はこう留期間と同じ11日間だ。
一方 ロシアはCIAの
スパイとされた4人を釈放する。
そのうち無罪を主張し続けている
核兵器の専門家は―
このスパイの交換に落胆した。
無罪を証明する機会を失うからだ。
釈放される残りの3 人も
ロシア人で―
軍や情報機関の元高官だという。
CIAと接触した罪で服役していた。
