Probably to relieve the stress caused by the recession, obstinate unemployment and the massive oil spill the US government treated us to a great farce called the ' great spy exchange.' Ten people of Russian origin were arrested for spying on the US for many years. Most of these people lived in nice suburbs, owned homes, had jobs and even had children born in the US. The charge was that they were exchanging coded messages written in secret ink using drop boxes. Something out of a 40 year old John le Carre novel. Messages such as, ' Did you meet the terminator in California? No, the elephant's bum is bigger.' These people were probably illegal immigrants living comfortably without permit. They were rounded up and used as hostages to free four real spies from Russia who were all Russians, three were in Russian secret services and one a scientist. None of the ten wanted to leave the US but were threatened into confession because of their illegal status and then thrown out. Truth is that the country which is really spying on the US is China. Even US government officials say that China has large numbers of spies in the US, most engaged in stealing industrial secrets. One fellow was passing secrets from the top secret nuclear research lab at Los Alamos. China has no respect for US patents and intellectual property rights allowing citizens to pirate movies, music and software and to sell fakes of every known luxury brand. Yet the US dares not flex its muscle with China because China has accumulated $ 2 trillion and continues to buy US securities. Without Chinese support the dollar would sink without trace. To see the mighty US cowering in fear!