Biden on spy swap: ‘I thought they’d take Rush Limbaugh’
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Vice President Joe Biden assures Jay Leno US getting 4 `really good` spies in Russian swap
Vice President Joe Biden had to convince a skeptical Jay Leno on Friday that the United States didn’t get a raw deal from Russia in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.
Leno asked Biden during a taping of “The Tonight Show” why the U.S. was sending 10 accused spies back to Russia while getting only four in return.
“That doesn’t seem fair,” Leno said.
“We got back four really good ones,” Biden reassured Leno. “And the 10, they’ve been here a long time, but they hadn’t done much.”
Leno then showed a sultry photo of alleged Russian agent Anna Chapman and asked: “Are our spies this hot?”
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