Tennis, Sailing Or Spying? US Shuts Two Russian Compounds

BRIAN WITTE, Associated PressMICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press
CENTREVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two luxury retreats in New York and Maryland where Russian diplomats have gone for decades to play tennis, sail and swim were shut down by the Obama administration Friday in retaliation for Moscow’s cyber-meddling in the presidential election.
The U.S. said the two Cold War-era estates were being used for intelligence activities.
About a half-hour before a noon deadline, caravans of diplomatic vehi