Spy v.s. Spy

Is it just me or does the whole 'Russians spy on us, we spy on the Russians' back and forth thing seem kind of like a child's game at this point? There are no consequences for getting caught, other than a setback in the short game, and we're not at war, even a cold one so there's not much to gain. It seems to me that the FBI and the SVR are just palling around, spying on each-other in order to stave off boredom and stagnation. I have nothing against this policy, but it does bring to mind an amusing image of some tuxedo wearing American spy facing off against the sexy Anna Chapman in an overly dramatic game of laser-tag. This latest spy exchange confirms these suspicions, to my mind at least, in that everything is proceeding as though according to some rule book, an amicable trade dictated by the laws of the spy-game. How governments amuse me...