US Expels 12 Russian "Intelligence Operatives" From UN Mission In New York

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The State Department and US agencies have identified the twelve as "intelligence operatives" who worked out of the Russian Mission to the United Nations in New York.
44% : A statement by the US Mission to the United Nations said "twelve intelligence operatives from the Russian Mission who have abused their privileges of residency in the United States by engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security."
38% : Russia's ambassador the UN Vassily Nebenzia responded by slamming the explanation as "not satisfactory.""I've just received information that the US authorities have undertaken another hostile action against the Russian Mission to the United Nations grossly violating their commitments on the host country agreement that they undertook," Nebenzia said to the press.

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