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** Martha never told anyone at the FBI that she had gotten married. No one there even knew Clark existed.
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* Speaking of Martha, how come the FBI doesn't even try to investigate "Clark" when she marries him? Surely they would at least do a cursory background check on a man who's marrying someone who's privy to top-secret information?
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** The KGB (and the CIA, MI6, Mossad, ISI etc) have all done this in real life (although in most cases they used agents who were already married-to each other. A deep cover agent spends very little actual time "spying", compared to say a regular field agent. This would also 1) make it more palatable for agent in question, presuming that s/he are like most human beings, who want family; 2) makes some sort of support network for agents who are really far from home and 3) ensures that the KGB gets the best. The last thing you want is your most qualified recruit abandoning the programme after hearing they cannot have a family.
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** The KGB (and the CIA, MI6, [=MI6=], Mossad, ISI etc) have all done this in real life (although in most cases they used agents who were already married-to each other. A deep cover agent spends very little actual time "spying", compared to say a regular field agent. This would also 1) make it more palatable for agent in question, presuming that s/he are like most human beings, who want family; 2) makes some sort of support network for agents who are really far from home and 3) ensures that the KGB gets the best. The last thing you want is your most qualified recruit abandoning the programme after hearing they cannot have a family.
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** Plus, the Connors had no idea [[spoiler: the Centre was recruiting/training Jared behind their backs until Jared told them. It might have been years since the Centre first asked the Connors if they could recruit him.]]
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** They might have already known each other in Russia, negating the use of disguises. As for knowing aliases and addresses, I’m not sure.
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** It would have aroused more suspicion. As far as anyone in the FBI knows, she’s single. Accepting makes it look like she has nothing to hide.
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** I think the family does celebrate a secular form of Christmas, since it would be very unusual if they didn't. However, their general secular lifestyle is unexceptional enough to not arouse any suspicion, at least in their East Coast, suburban community. Furthermore, being a member of a church would mean more eyes on them, more people keeping tabs on them, and more opportunities for them to slip up.
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** They were actually trying to have no ties to the Soviet Union at all, including their heritage. Remember when they made a big deal out of eating some food from the homeland? They had to do it privately. Back in the 80s, anyone who went to the USSR was most certainly investigated. It would flag them as visiting a country with whom American is at war. The FBI would be tracking people who visit Russia (during the Cold War) and so they don’t travel there to avoid being added to a watch list. So they had to make a clean break from their past lives to be embedded here and not arouse a hint of suspicion, especially when Stan is their neighbor.
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** They were actually trying to have no ties to the Soviet Union at all, including their heritage. Remember when they made a big deal out of eating some food from the homeland? They had to do it privately. Back in the 80s, anyone who went to the USSR was most certainly investigated. It would flag them as visiting a country with whom American America is at war. The FBI would be tracking people who visit Russia (during the Cold War) and so they don’t travel there to avoid being added to a watch list. So they had to make a clean break from their past lives to be embedded here and not arouse a hint of suspicion, especially when Stan is their neighbor.
