All Just Part of the Job?

[kandrathe]

I'm still getting only at best, a vague and generic detail on what kind of secrets they're trying to spy on. (Industrial? Financial? Nuclear? The secret of the Caramilk Bar?)

It appears they were trying to get connected in the "in crowd" of Washington. But, weren't limiting themselves to merely politics. As quoted from the decrypted message in the complaint filed in court, "You were sent to USA for long-term service trip. Your education, bank accounts, car, house etc. - all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e. to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in US and send intels [intelligence reports] to C[enter]."

The above Criminal Complaints From the Justice Department reads like a spy novel. As for children, it would depend on whether the parents are convicted and go to prison, but, being that any minor children are probably citizens, they would become wards of their residence States and enter the foster parent / adoption programs. Just as any citizen couple who ended up doing many years in prison might, and they may be "traded" back to Russia if they have relatives that ask for them.