Ten years ago this town was still talking about the good old days when spies were more like something you saw on TV. Now we've got Russian honeytraps turning up in our own backyard.

Yesterday, Nomma Zarubina learned her fate in a U.S. courtroom. The former spy had been convicted of lying to federal investigators about her involvement with Moscow's intelligence services. She faces five years behind bars for her deception.

The honeytrap tactic involves enticing American officials and citizens into compromising positions under the guise of romantic relationships, all while secretly recording their conversations or collecting compromising evidence. Zarubina was found guilty of orchestrating such schemes on behalf of Russian interests.

This isn't the first time Moscow has tried to undermine our security through such covert means. The pattern of honeytraps becoming more prevalent in recent years is alarming to say the least.

Back when people still had respect for the law, you could expect spies to stick out like sore thumbs. Now it seems they're slipping past us with ease.

The Obama-era administrations were quick to dismiss such threats as paranoid fantasies, but now we see how wrong they were about the scale of Russian espionage efforts on American soil.

And here's what we've got to show for it: a spy who was able to operate freely under our noses until she finally got caught. We have to ask ourselves how many others might still be out there, undetected.