Maria Butina is not a spy, but is said to be the watchdog

[joeblack81]

Maria Butina is not a spy, but a 'spotter': DOJ revives intrigue over gun-totting Russian native
Maria Butina’s arrest last year produced breathtaking headlines about a young, attractive woman spying on Americans on behalf of the Russian government.

Butina is neither a covert agent nor a trained intelligence officer. And the only crime she was accused of committing – acting as an unregistered foreign agent – has nothing to do with stealing secrets, let alone engaging in "cloak-and-dagger activities," the Justice Department acknowledged.

But as Butina, 30, waits to be sentenced, the Justice Department revived the question that hung over her case from the moment she was arrested: Was she a spy?

 

[Lakhota]

Butina is sort of skanky looking for a spy.

 

[Lesh]

What a crock. You're not a spy unless you go to "spy school"?

Bullshit.

She's every bit an agent of the Soviet Intel services. She was making connections for them, and identifying people they could USE...and reporting to them of her findings and activities

 

[JoeMoma]

What a crock. You're not a spy unless you go to "spy school"?

Bullshit.

She's every bit an agent of the Soviet Intel services. She was making connections for them, and identifying people they could USE...and reporting to them of her findings and activities

Nothing that a registered diplomat couldn't do legally. Her crime as far as I can tell is not being registered as a diplomat for Russia. Yes that is a crime, and she should be prosecuted for that crime.