The New York Times
Fri, July 09, 2010 -- 7:59 AM ET
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U.S. Official Confirms Prisoner Swap With Russia
One of the biggest prisoner swaps since the cold war unfolded
on the tarmac of Vienna's airport on Friday as two airplanes
-- one carrying 10 accused Russian sleeper agents and the
other with four Russians deemed to be spies for the West --
traded their human cargoes and took off into the bright clear
sky.
An American official confirmed the exchange had taken place,
hours after the 10 accused Russian spies were whisked out of
the United States on a charter plane. The American and
Russian airplanes landed and departed in what appeared to be
a clockwork operation on a remote part of the runway in
Vienna, once a hub of clandestine East-West maneuvering.
The exchange was part of a deal with Moscow to put a quick
end to an episode that threatened to disrupt relations
between the two countries.
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