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Spies in Suburbia

Posted on June 30, 2010 | by Sam

In case you missed it, the New York Times today reported the arrest of 11 people accused of participating in a Russian espionage ring. Ten of the accused appeared to their neighbors to be “ordinary couples,” leading to this all-time quotable:

“They couldn’t have been spies,” said one neighbor. “Look what she did with the hydrangeas.”

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