The Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, said that Ryan C. Fogle was caught red-handed trying to recruit one of its officers, carrying cash, a letter, a compass, a map, sunglasses and two wigs. We don’t know what Mr. Fogle was doing, but the story sounds fishy. Back in the 1970s, perhaps, a CIA case officer would need a map, although he would not carry it on an operational run. A wig wasn’t unheard of, but the CIA’s disguises were far superior to that floppy blond thing Mr. Fogle was wearing. Besides, basic tradecraft would dictate that an officer not carry a spare wig in his backpack.
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