Microsoftā€™s Employee Cheerleader for Russian Spies?

Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy

Location: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: August 17

Title: Truth Seeker
Company: Fellow Citizens

Bio: The Fifth Estate extends from the blogosphere to the community and the ways participants hold the powers accountable. The Fourth Estate, the media, held some of that responsibility, but communications is now more in the hands of the people. So how can the Fifth Estate use the best of Fourth Estate with new challenges faced by community and social media? Compelling stories will showcase technological innovations and where there are concerns about best practices needs. Stories reach from the regular user to business to government, policy and law.

MY RECENT POSTS

Are you Rich Enough for Republican Budget Cuts?
April 05, 2011 06:19PM
Saving the 2012 Oscars with a Latte Lottery!
April 02, 2011 01:34AM
A NYT Pay-wall with Privileges for Academia
March 28, 2011 01:55PM
How About a New Taco Bell Marketing Campaign?
March 07, 2011 01:08AM
Blacks At NASCAR Means Marketing Integration? Not so Fast.
February 05, 2011 10:10AM

MY RECENT COMMENTS

“Lol! I went to one of those meetings tonight. It was funny watching people squi…”
August 07, 2010 03:41AM
“I just pitched an idea that is a take off from the I Love New York Campaign. It'…”
July 26, 2010 01:10AM
“I was writing about a tragedy where the system of parent, teacher and all authori…”
July 26, 2010 01:05AM
“Lawsuits do take a lot of time. Many are based on a level of frustration. Apple…”
July 23, 2010 09:29AM
“Me, too, DJAnime32. I think Apple does learn from its mistakes and that bottom l…”
July 23, 2010 09:16AM

Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy's Links

New list: Smart Planet; Cambrey; Media Law; Ethical Leadership; Boothisms; Digital Buzz; Business Ethics Blog; Orient Lodge; Revamptitude; Digital World Citizens; Worth My While?; the app trail; Brooklynism; Mama Urbanite; Digital in Relationships

« Back to Posts

JULY 15, 2010 10:01AM

Rate: 0 Flag

US federal agents say Russian suspect may not have been an actual spy.

CBS News photo Alexey Karetnikov

Alexey Karetnitov probably didn't directly collaborate in the activities of ten Russian spies. He probably just knew them, the Feds say, according to CBS News

Karetnitov was employed at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. where he was a “Software Design Engineer on a team which helps to code Microsoft products says a story by Mashable. Karetnitov was deported back to Russia reports the Washington Post.