Former CIA Spies Are Puzzled By Russia's Unprecedented Treatment Of The CIA Moscow Chief

Accused American spy Ryan Fogle, following his detention in Moscow. © Photo Russian Federal Security Service

‘Unprecedented’ CIA Moscow Chief Leak Puzzles Ex-Spies -- RIA Novosti

WASHINGTON, May 17 (By Carl Schreck for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s decision to publicly identify a purported top US spy in the country is an “unprecedented” move in relations between Moscow and Washington with no clear indication of how the United States will react, former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers and security experts told RIA Novosti on Friday.

“Certainly throughout the Cold War, and even after that, there was a practice of not naming the head of the [spy agencies] in the respective countries,” said Peter Earnest, who operated intelligence collection and covert operations in Europe and the Middle East during a 35-year career with the CIA.

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My Comment: What is there to be puzzled about .... the Russians are sending a message to the U.S. because they know that the U.S. is not going to retaliate. In short .... they are going out of their way to humiliate the U.S., and they are making a point of advertising what they are doing to the rest of the world.