CIA agent trying to recruit Russian officer detained in Moscow: FSB

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CIA agent trying to recruit Russian intelligence officer detained in Moscow - FSB



Russia's counterintelligence agency has detained a CIA agent in Moscow trying to recruit an officer of the Russian secret service, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced. The agent was operating under guise of career diplomat.

The FSB Public Relations Center has announced that the person detained is Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the Political Section of the American embassy in Moscow.

The agency stressed that Christopher had special technical equipment, printed instructions for the Russian citizen being recruited, a large sum of money and means to change the person's appearance.

The detainee was delivered to the FSB receiving office where he has been questioned and after all the necessary procedures he has been handed over to representatives of the US embassy in Moscow.






The one-page letter to a would-be recruit proposes a payment of US$100,000 for an interview to discuss possible cooperation and promises up to $1 million a year payment if the contact agrees to supply the American side with the information it demands.

The letter also contains a step-by-step instruction how to create a new Gmail account that would be used for future contacts. The instruction repeatedly stresses not to present any real contact information, like phone numbers, email or home addresses.

It is advised not to use personal handheld mobile devices and notebooks for registration, proposing to use an internet café to go through the procedure. Another option, the instruction says, is to buy a new device especially for contacts and pay for it in cash, with the expenses to be reimbursed.

Once a new Gmail account is created, the recruit should write a letter to '[email protected] and wait one week for a reply.

"Thank you for reading this. We look forward to working with you in the nearest future. Your friends," the instruction ends.


US Ambassador to the Russian Federation Michael McFaul refused to comment on the detention of his subordinate for espionage activities.
But tomorrow he will definitely have to have an answer to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he has been summoned to give an explanation concerning the incident.
Source: Cloak, dagger and a blond wig? CIA agent nabbed in Moscow – FSB — RT News

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Promises of millions, a new face and detailed instructions on a double-agent conspiracy in Moscow. Bearing the hallmarks of a Cold War spy thriller, Russia's counterintelligence agency says it caught a CIA officer trying to flip a Russian operative.
Nothing in the article provides information about this "operative", nor, apparently did the "CIA agent" actually meet with anyone.

The sum of FSB case is this.

The agency stressed that Christopher had "special technical equipment" in his possession, including an additional wig, a microphone, multiple pairs of dark sunglasses and a lot of cash in euro – along with a Moscow atlas, a compass, two knives, and an American Bic lighter.
Of course they can expel him, but as a court case it would go nowhere.

It's a game, apparently with no consequences except embarrassment.:rolleyes:
 

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Send him to Siberia to work in some mine ...
 

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The CIA agent is not even using USD but Euro what a traitor :rofl:
 

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Probably he was contacting his recruit or it was a dead drop ..... he seems to have some basic stuff to disguise and some electronics gadget.

Catching an Professional Agent in an act is very difficult and he needs to be trapped in doing so , as is shown in this episode and the Russian case of 10 deep sleepers caught.
 

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The Kommersant daily said it was probable that the suspected agent Ryan Fogle - officially a diplomat - was looking for information on the Tsarnaev brothers, who are alleged to have carried out the Marathon bombings.

It linked the Mr Fogle's capture, which threatens to further stress ties between Washington and Moscow, to a trip that a US delegation made to Dagestan in April in coordination with the Russian authorities to investigate the blasts.

Suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev travelled to the region of Dagestan in 2012 and US authorities are eager to see if he built up contacts there with the local Islamist underground.

"It is likely that during the trip in April the US side obtained the phone numbers of (Russian) Federal Security Service (FSB) agents," said Kommersant, which is known for its contacts in the security service and foreign ministry.
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It is normal behavior of Russia, USA, China Israel to recruit agents in other countries, something seems real fishy about all of this, nothing is ever put in writing or do agents wear disguises.

Many Western observers, however, have questioned if Fogle could really be an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, and whether the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) simply framed an unsuspecting junior American diplomat. Much of the skepticism expressed by Western commentators focuses on the articles that were allegedly found by the FSB in Fogle's backpack. They included several pairs of sunglasses, recording devices, as well as two wigs. Would a CIA officer be foolish enough to be carrying with him surreptitious recording devices in downtown Moscow? And do modern case officers still employ wigs when walking the streets of foreign capitals recruiting spies? The answer is, of course, yes.

As with everything else, technological advancement has had a direct impact on numerous practical aspects of espionage. But many traditional features of spy trade craft remain intact in the 21st century. They include the use of intuition, good driving skills, compasses, radio receivers or transmitters, and, yes, even wigs, as well as fake beards and mustaches. The latter, in association with the regular use of different hats, shirts, jackets or coats, are often invaluable in enabling case officers avoid detection and surveillance. This applies especially to intelligence case officers attached to embassies, as their residences and places of work are almost constantly under surveillance by native counterintelligence agencies. This is the reason why 'dry-cleaning' —detecting and evading surveillance— is among the first sets of skills instilled on fresh intelligence recruits destined for hands-on clandestine work.

Does this mean that Ryan Fogle should have been carrying with him the bizarre collection of spy paraphernalia that was allegedly found in his possession? It depends on the type of operation he was involved in when he was arrested, as well as on his personal approach to spy craft. Like all government agencies involved in intelligence operations, the CIA has standard operating procedures that must be followed for all clandestine work. But, aside from the basics of espionage, which are instilled on case officers during training, there is plenty of wiggle room for an individual case officer's personality and experience to come through in their work. There are probably as many approaches to recruiting spies as there are case officers, and nobody at the Agency is going to go over a case officer's backpack to see what they are carrying with them when preparing to step out into the night for a meeting with a potential asset.

Fogle, in particular, might have been careless, desperate, or simply inexperienced. In any case, it seems that he was a relatively junior CIA operative, and that the Russian FSB did not view his alleged recruitment activities as a serious threat. If they did, chances are that Fogle would have never known that he was being trailed on Monday night. The FSB would have simply allowed him to believe he had successfully recruited his target, and would have enjoyed pocketing the CIA's money while gaining a valuable insight into the Agency's modus operandi and feeding Washington deliberately false information. The very fact that Fogle was stopped so publicly, shows that the whole incident was meant for domestic consumption and to taunt the Americans. The staff at the CIA station in Moscow will probably roll their eyes, spend the weekend assessing the damage caused by Fogle's arrest and expulsion, and get back to work on Monday. For them, it's just another week in spy world.
http://intelnews.org/2013/05/16/01-1260/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sHbx1EWtZ6Y
 
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Fogle, in particular, might have been careless, desperate, or simply inexperienced. In any case, it seems that he was a relatively junior CIA operative, and that the Russian FSB did not view his alleged recruitment activities as a serious threat. If they did, chances are that Fogle would have never known that he was being trailed on Monday night. The FSB would have simply allowed him to believe he had successfully recruited his target, and would have enjoyed pocketing the CIA's money while gaining a valuable insight into the Agency's modus operandi and feeding Washington deliberately false information. The very fact that Fogle was stopped so publicly, shows that the whole incident was meant for domestic consumption and to taunt the Americans. ......
Analysis: Is US diplomat arrested in Russia a CIA case officer? | intelNews.org
It's possible that the incident was for public consumption. But it seems at least four CIA agents were nabbed over the past 2 years, trying to recruit officers from various Russian intelligence agencies. Also it is quite possible the Russians already have agents in the US intelligence Community, maybe that's why they weren't very keen on allowing this recruitment to happen.

Anyway,

FSB: CIA crossed 'red line' with agent Fogle

The spy story broke earlier this week after it was made public that Fogle – who had worked under the guise of a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow – was detained after being caught red-handed trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer for the CIA. Following the incident he was expelled from Russia.

As early as by autumn 2011, the FSB was aware that the CIA was pursuing a goal to get an informer within the Russian special services, the agent told RT.

"Those were not one-off events, which caused our concern," the operative pointed out. "Therefore, we decided to warn our American colleagues and ask them to stop these activities."

At a time, the FSB did not make public any information they knew about the CIA operations in Moscow, but held a meeting with the head of their station's chief in Moscow.
"We hoped our American colleagues would hear us, given that we also presented to them precise information about CIA officers making recruitment attempts in Moscow and who exactly was doing that," the source added.

In particular, back then, the FSB named such American agents as Benjamin Dillon, third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow. Last year, "Dillon got into the same story as Fogle" and was expelled from Russia in January, the source said.

"Hoping that the CIA would make necessary conclusions from the incident, we did not make that case public," he said. Apparently, the Americans did not appreciate the FSB's "correct attitude towards professional ethics."

The FSB was aware that Ryan Fogle worked for the CIA since his arrival in Moscow in April 2011. Russian intelligence, "keeps an eye on" representatives of all foreign special services and the American intelligence agency is no exception to the rule, the source noted.

"The point of such an approach is to terminate all possible actions by foreign intelligence that could pose a threat to Russia's security," the operative said. "This, certainly, does not refer to diplomats who do their duties on behalf of the US State Department."
FSB: CIA crossed 'red line' with agent Fogle — RT News
 

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From what I know of the subject and that is considerable, this entire episode is weird. Every Russian, USA, Chinese and most other couintries have intelligence officers trying to turn citizens of the countries they are located in for information, poltical, scientific and military . I expect this has more do do with the USA arresting ten Russians for spying then about anything else.


The FBI has arrested 10 people who allegedly spied for Russia for up to a decade - posing as innocent civilians while trying to infiltrate U.S. policymaking circles and learn about U.S. weapons, diplomatic strategy and political developments

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-202_162-6627393.html

Tretyakov, who defected in 2000, claimed in a 2008 book that his agents helped the Russian government steal nearly $500 million from the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq before the fall of Saddam Hussein. He said he oversaw an operation that helped Saddam's regime manipulate the price of Iraqi oil sold under the program and allowed Russia to skim profits.

Russian sounds like a prostitute screaming she has been raped because she was not paid.
 
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Probably he was contacting his recruit or it was a dead drop ..... he seems to have some basic stuff to disguise and some electronics gadget.

Catching an Professional Agent in an act is very difficult and he needs to be trapped in doing so , as is shown in this episode and the Russian case of 10 deep sleepers caught.
Several intel techniques are linked in this article:

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Now that's funny.
When Russia offers its hand in friendship, the natural American response is to try ripping its arm off
 

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When Russia offers its hand in friendship, the natural American response is to try ripping its arm off
Russia has not changed since Lenin.

"Lenin put it another way, often saying that capitalist dupes 'will
sell us the rope with which to hang them.' He called them 'the useful
idiots.'"

http://hnn.us/articles/122.html
 

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