Latest Russian spy story looks like another elaborate media deception

An episode this week involving a tale of a would-be American spy “exfiltrated” from Russia solidifies this impression.
CNN has hired nearly a dozen former intelligence or counterintelligence officials as analysts in the last few years.
officials worried about safety made the arduous decision in late 2016 to offer to extract the source from Russia.
On Tuesday, September 10th, the Russian newspaper Kommersant* disclosed the name of the spy.
Unnamed “senior intelligence officials” spent much of the early months of the Trump administration bragging their faces off about their supposed penetration of the Kremlin.

Reporting by Matt Taibbi Member since June 15, 2020

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