The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 8th, 1997
An appeal by Russia's espionage chief to prospective double agents doesn't seem to have turned up any new traitors. But it did inspire a burst of front-page humor in Russian newspapers. Several dailies couldn't help guffawing last week in response to the unusual offer by the chief of the Federal Security Service, Gen. Nikolai Kovalyov. Kovalyov said Russians working for foreign intelligence services would be granted immunity from prosecution and could retain the money paid by their foreign masters if they offered to switch sides again and work as double agents for Moscow. In a television bro...
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