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autotldr t1_ja91wfy wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)

> CHISINAU, Moldova - Moldova's intelligence agency said Monday that two foreign nationals who posed as tourists have been expelled from the country and banned from returning for 10 years after they were caught carrying out "Subversive actions" to destabilize Moldova.

> The SIS did not state when the foreign nationals arrived in Moldova, which countries they were from, or for whom they were allegedly working.

> ADVERTISEMENT. The SIS added that the foreign nationals were actively monitoring and documenting social and political processes in Moldova, including protests it said were "Organized in the capital by certain political forces."

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bendover912 t1_ja94d5i wrote

On the one hand, I can think of a lot of people in the US I'd like to see expelled for destabilization.

On the other, I can't think of who I would trust to decide who gets expelled.

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BronzeAssembly t1_ja997dl wrote

Looks like Moldova is getting serious about not being a puppet state. Let's hope it's successful and the plotters get what they deserve.

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macross1984 t1_ja9d1m4 wrote

I could think only of Russia as the one who would benefit most from Moldova destabilized.

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ifartfreedom t1_ja9kert wrote

> The SIS did not state ... which countries they were from, or for whom they were allegedly working.

*Everyone stares at Russia*

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Ma1nta1n3r t1_jaaj4en wrote

You can say Russia,... it's not like everyone doesn't know.

If you want, just post pictures of their passports, intelligence agencies of the world love this. They get to see who they really are and what false passports they're using.

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MonoGreenFanBoy t1_jaat3ki wrote

Why expel? Surely interrogate until they've used up their usefulness is better for being a threat to national security

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pleeplious t1_jaax3ak wrote

I’ve been to the Moldovan capital Chișinău. It would be so easy to cause disruption there. Large packs of wild dogs. Hardly any street lights at night. Feels other worldly compared to other western capitals. You could get away with a bunch of shit at night.

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EvenHair4706 t1_jabhgas wrote

At least they weren’t disappeared, just deported.

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noes16 t1_jabtpd8 wrote

Replying to Ma1nta1n3r (#2,083,135)

Who they are and false passports? :) I agree that they use fake passports, but other than the basics, like height and gender, nothing else is real on the fake passports? Photos are nice, but they aren't searchable (without access to Russian databases, or previous encounters with foreign intelligence).

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Syracuss t1_jabupdo wrote

Replying to noes16 (#2,095,932)

You say that, but an entire spy ring got caught because they'd use consecutive passport numbers: https://thedebrief.org/russian-spy-successfully-infiltrated-nato-command-circles-reveals-stunning-report/

> Critically, Bellingcat and The Insider also exposed a massive GRU counterintelligence failure in that agency had been issuing consecutively numbered passports to its undercover spies. This meant that investigative journalists, foreign security agencies, or anyone for that matter, could acquire data frequently leaked onto Russia’s black market to uncover other embedded spies.

So it can be valuable, even when it's all fake

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Timey16 t1_jaby18e wrote

Replying to Blackthorne75 (#2,073,107)

You fucking bet that even though Ukraine doesn't officially have the death penalty, more than one captured saboteur and other traitors were probably just executed on the spot.

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calima1984 t1_jaekoj2 wrote

Was it Bruce Willis and John Malkovich

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