Blogging As Open Source Intelligence Is More Effective Than Deep Cover Russian Spies Collecting Intelligence In Foreign Lands

From New York Times

Spying Suspects Seemed Short on Secrets
By SCOTT SHANE and BENJAMIN WEISER
Published: June 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — The suspected Russian spy ring rolled up by the F.B.I. this week had everything it needed for world-class espionage: excellent training, cutting-edge gadgetry, deep knowledge of American culture and meticulously constructed cover stories.

The only things missing in more than a decade of operation were actual secrets to send home to Moscow.

The assignments, described in secret instructions intercepted by the F.B.I., were to collect routine political gossip and policy talk that might have been more efficiently gathered by surfing the Web