Russia: The Ominous Return of the KGB
Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova write in Newsweek:
The scandal broke with all the trappings of a cold-war espionage story—British spies as the villains, the eagle-eyed Russian secret service as the heroes. Late last fall the FSB, the successor agency to the infamous KGB, secretly filmed a British diplomat seeking out and taking home a large rock from a Moscow park.More here.
Last week, after a go-ahead from the Kremlin, the grainy footage was aired on Russian state television. Interviews with agents from the FSB revealed that the fake rock hid an electronic device used for communicating with secret agents. rubble 007, declared one British tabloid—and indeed, the kerfuffle might have ended there, with some high-toned recriminations and perhaps a diplomat or two deported.
posted by Fergie @ 1/30/2006 09:00:00 AM
1 Comments:
What Putin said about deporting British diplomats/spies: "My opinion is as follows: suppose we deport these spies - others will come, maybe they'll send in some real smart ones and we'll have trouble searching them." :)
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