clubbed at new york city s trendiest spots? watch her go to work using james bond high-tech. there s chapman hanging out in a department store. but she s using a hidden computer to transmit an encrypted message to this russian spy outside. these were the cream of the crop, handpicked out of the russian intelligence academy. reporter: the russians stole the identities of dead americans and used tactics out of a spy novel. as the fbi surveillance camera rolls, this spy digs in the forest in upstate new york. he s hunting for his payoff. $60,000 in cash. they played by moscow rules with a little bit of high-tech technology on top of it. reporter: all the russians were sent packing to the motherland. a clear reminder that spy games are still alive and well. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. alive, well, and apparently honored as well. get this the president of russia awarded those ten freed spies the highest honors at a ceremony at the kremlin. i mean, that video is just a