A real life ‘From Russia with Love’ story has developed around another Irish passport stolen by Russian spies for use in the U.S.
The Irish charity To Russia with Love, which oversees adoptions to Ireland from Russia, has revealed that one of their members had their passport stolen and later used by the Russian spy ring in the U.S. that was recently cracked by the FBI. The passport details were stolen when the worker for the Irish adoption charity was in Moscow.
A counterfeit passport, using the Irish woman’s name, was later uused in the US by one of the Russian Federal Security Bureau, the new name for the KGB spies.
Irish police have also discovered that the Russian spies hacked into the charity's computers to get details on staff members, according to the Sunday Independent.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs told the paper it "does not comment on individual cases," adding: "The gardai and the Passport Office have undertaken an investigation into the alleged use of a fraudulent Irish passport. This investigation is under way and we do not wish to speculate on its findings."
The suspicion is that the To Russia With Love passport was used by a ‘Cynthia Murphy’ who lived with her husband ‘Richard' in Montclair, New Jersey as an Irish American' couple.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.GeorgeDillon | Oct 11, 2010, 03:44 PM EDT
There is no doubt that the contemptible Fianna Fail government has brought disrepute on Ireland in a hundred ways. One of these is the fact that they have devalued the Irish passport to an extent that Irish people are soon going to run into trouble at borders and airports throughout the world. If you stop by the Passport Office in Dublin, you'll see how Irish passports are being doled out to Africans, Russians, Chinese, Arabs, Indians, Paks etc. The Irish are following a very dangerous path with their carelessness with passports and immigration.
killowen | Oct 10, 2010, 01:47 PM EDT
That Irish thingie at work to great effect. It got a human set to be murdered some months back. The CIA of course. Ireland is that pass thru conduit for renditioning and .. god only knows.
dessieglynn | Oct 10, 2010, 01:23 PM EDT
THE C.I.A. regularly use Irish passports for their agents.!!!!!!
antoman | Oct 10, 2010, 10:41 AM EDT
Oliver North used an Irish passport in the Iran Contra affair.The Isreali's used Irish passports to commit murder,and now the Russians for use by their spy ring in America.Perhaps the government here should do away with them altogether as they are now the equivalent of toilet paper at airport restrooms.Maybe ask Guinness and their marketing team to come up with a novel solution?Drink four guinness and get the next one free..drink ten guinness and get a complimentary passport,which when pee'd on can indicate via glowing green for go or red for stop whether you are sober enough to board your flight.