{"id":5858,"date":"2010-06-30T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2010-06-30T06:00:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T10:00:38","slug":"so-whos-the-spy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2010\/06\/so-whos-the-spy\/","title":{"rendered":"So who’s the spy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

FBI arrests 10 accused of working as Russian spies<\/a>.\u00a0 Instead of targeting the government, though, they targeted private institutions, such as think tanks, as a way to get an inside look at American policy.\u00a0 I wonder if there is a mole in the Heritage Foundation or if the Russians have infiltrated the more liberal Brookings Institute.\u00a0 (Would they be more interested in conservative or liberal think tanks?)<\/p>\n

But what I\u2019m thinking is that the Russians have assigned a spy to the Cranach Institute, which is a think tank devoted to Christianity and culture, with a special emphasis on the doctrine of vocation.\u00a0 Like other think tanks, we have sponsored conferences and research.\u00a0 That means that we must have a spy on this blog!<\/p>\n

How else can we explain the range of perspectives here and the continually-surprising diversity of the people who comment here?\u00a0 We\u2019ve got atheists, gnostics, playwrights, artists, economists, musicians, gays, liberals, conservatives, and you name it reading this blog and taking part in productive discussions. I throw out a topic, no matter how obscure\u2013theoretical physics, archaeology, high end mathematics\u2013and a bunch of bona fide experts weigh in and start arguing with each other. How could that be unless we are being monitored? How could that be without some kind of post-communist plot?<\/p>\n

\nSo who do you think is the Russian spy?\u00a0 tODD is on the liberal side and J leans pretty far left, but that would not get them far in Putin\u2019s new Russia.\u00a0 FWS is too open and transparent for the espionage business.\u00a0 But what kind of name is Vehse?\u00a0 Or Lars?\n

Since the FBI has busted your ring, you might as well confess and say what subversive information you gleaned from this blog.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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