Russia's Arrest Sends Signal on Syria

Russia's Arrest Sends Signal on Syria

The bizarre arrest of a US diplomat in Moscow allegedly caught red-handed while trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer raises more questions than answers. Why was the young CIA agent, Ryan Fogle, taking such a risk under the noses of perhaps the most assiduous counter-espionage service in the world? And why did Mr Fogle's "special technical equipment", gloatingly displayed on Russian television, look like schoolboy hiking gear, a couple of wigs and two pairs of glasses for disguise?

And why did the Russians announce this case immediately, as if it was designed to torpedo a diplomatic rapprochement under which Russia and the US would convene an urgent Syrian peace conference?

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