Attorney general: Russian spies posed threat to U.S.

Monday, July 12, 2010

WASHINGTON -- While they passed along no U.S. secrets, the 10 Russian sleeper agents involved in the spy swap posed a potential threat to the U.S. and received "hundreds of thousands of dollars" from Russia, Attorney General Eric Holder said.

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