Turn back the clock! GET SMART! And catch the bizarre story in the NYT 5/15/13 about a low level person assigned to our Embassy in Moscow being arrested by the Russians and accused of being a C.I.A. agent bent on recruiting a Russian security officer. They allege they found the following in his knapsack: a wig, a compass, an Atlas map of Moscow and a large amount of cash. It sounds like something out of a Peter Sellers movie. But the Russians summoned our diplomats including our Ambassador who is only on station since January 2012, to embarrass them, which they proceeded to do. These folks seem to have a penchant for embarrassing us when they can and their greatest GOTCHA! was in 1960 when they shot down our U2 spy plane and captured our pilot alive and Nikita Khrushchev sprung this surprise on President Eisenhower at a summit meeting and Ike was furious. Article worth reading.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/europe/russia-detains-american-saying-he-is-cia-agent.html
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