【英语国际】俄罗斯间谍案第12位涉案人正被美国关押

Authorities are detaining a 12th, previously undisclosed person implicated in the federal probe that busted a Cold War-style Russian spy ring, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

Federal Bureau of Investigation counterintelligence investigators have been investigating the 23-year-old Russian man since last fall when his name surfaced in a decade-long spy investigation, the official said.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office last month charged 11 people with being agents of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence agency.

Ten in U.S. custody entered plea deals last Thursday as part of a diplomatic agreement to swap them for four people held by Russia, most on charges of spying for Western intelligence agencies.

It's unclear what drew investigators' interest in the 12th man, but FBI agents began monitoring him shortly after he entered the U.S. in October 2009, the official said.

The man, whose name couldn't be learned, obtained a U.S. visa in August 2009, the official said.

However, investigators weren't able to gather enough evidence against him to bring charges and came to believe his case was different from that of the others who ended up being charged the spy ring, the U.S. official said. It's not clear whether he had the training of the others arrested.

Instead of being charged, the man was in federal custody Monday in the process of being deported, the U.S. official said. His location wasn't disclosed.

U.S. officials on June 26 canceled the man's visa. A day later, FBI agents rounded up 10 of the 11 members of the spy ring who were in the U.S. The 11th person jumped bail in Cyprus after he was arrested there.

Details of the newly disclosed man's movements in the U.S. couldn't be learned.

一位熟悉情况的美国官员说，美国联邦机构在破获一个冷战式俄罗斯间谍网的行动中，还牵扯到第12人，此人先前未予公开，目前正被有关部门拘押。

这位官员说，此人是一名23岁的俄罗斯男子，自去年秋季他的名字出现在一起10年之久的反间谍调查当中以来，美国联邦调查局(FBI)的反间谍调查人员一直在对他进行调查。

Associated Press这个图片描绘了上周四10名俄罗斯间谍在美国联邦法院认罪的情形。还有一名间谍被捕后在塞浦路斯保释期间逃跑。联邦官员近日说，他们逮捕了第12名俄罗斯间谍、一名23岁的男子。曼哈顿联邦检察官办公室(Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office)上个月指控11人为俄罗斯对外情报局(SVR)担任特工。

根据一项外交协议，其中被美国拘押的10人在上周四认罪，然后被和俄罗斯关押的四人作交换。这四人中的多数都被指控为西方情报机关获取情报。

还不清楚第12人为什么引起了调查人员的注意，但前述美国官员说，他于2009年10月进入美国后不久就开始被FBI特工监视。

这位官员说，这名男子在2009年8月份获得了美国签证。其姓名无从知晓。

但这位美国官员说，调查人员未能搜集到足够的证据来提起控诉，但相信他的案子不同于最后被控为参与间谍网络的其他人。不清楚他有没有接受其他被捕人员所接受的训练。

这位美国官员说，该男子没有被起诉，而是在走被驱逐出境的程序，根据这个程序，周一他处在联邦政府的拘押中。他的关押地点没有被透露。

美国官员在6月26日撤销了这名男子的签证。一天后，FBI特工逮捕了间谍网络11名成员在美国的10人。第11人在塞浦路斯被捕，后来弃保潜逃。

最新披露的这名男子在美国活动的细节无法获知。