Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow
Source: The Guardian
US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart of the American embassy in Moscow for more than a decade, the Guardian has learned.
The Russian national had been hired by the US Secret Service and is understood to have had access to the agencys intranet and email systems, which gave her a window into highly potentially confidential material including the schedules of the president and vice-president.
The woman had been working for the Secret Service for years before she came under suspicion in 2016 during a routine security sweep conducted by two investigators from the US Department of States Regional Security Office (RSO).
The Guardian has been told the RSO sounded the alarm in January 2017, but the Secret Service did not launch a full-scale inquiry of its own. Instead it decided to let her go quietly months later, possibly to contain the potential embarrassment it could cause.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/suspected-russian-spy-us-embassy-moscow-secret-service
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)herding cats
(19,566 posts)She had plenty of time to gather intelligence without supervision, the source said. Several employees interacted with her on a personal level by emailing her personally on a non-work account. This isnt allowed.
erronis
(15,326 posts)We'd really like to see what other unannounced visitors came to service dump (and be serviced by).
If she's really good, she could also give us some scoops on the male escort (can't remember his name - like Bannon) that made frequent forays into the WH during the Cheney/W reign.
n/t
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)occupying our White House, imo. Putin is playing it close to the vest, the tiny hand, short version of Republican suck butts.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)Hiring in the first place. Some one knew, in the chain of command that she was hired without proper security clearance.
Who let her in the door in the 1st place?
keithbvadu2
(36,876 posts)Quelle Surprise! A spy!
"access to the agencys intranet and email systems"
Even the lowest level employee should consider that to be stupid.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)Response to herding cats (Original post)
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AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)Fuck you troll.
herding cats
(19,566 posts)And...
Where did you read it was brought to anyone's attention prior to that?
AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)Does the US Embassy employ ANY FUCKING RUSSIANS AT ALL??!!???
Do NONE of the embassy staff know anything about the history of the KGB???
Fucking incredible...
MBS
(9,688 posts)since we restored diplomatic relations with the USSR in the 30's (1933, I think, after FDR was inaugurated).
(And, yeah, sure, I also have no doubt that we've surely attempted to plant moles in their embassies, etc., too, over the years)
Even though (obviously) unwanted, spying and related skullduggery, and/or attempts at skullduggery, by Russia or other adversaries, is not news.
What's NEW is that we now have a White House and congressional Republicans that have elected to do NOTHING about ANY of it, even though Russia's recent actions threaten not only the most sensitive realms of national security, but also the very pillar of our democracy: the integrity of our voting system. And worse: Trump and allies actually encouraged the meddling. And even worse: Trump and congressional Republicans have actively worked to stop any investigation into the problem, or any initiatives to prevent election meddling in 2018. In addition to the Trump's adamant refusal to do anything about Russian meddling (or even to acknowledge that it happened), remember how the State Department has so far spent ZERO dollars of the 120 million dollars allotted to them to beef up cybersecurity?
I continue to be shocked by the treasonous behavior of my own government.
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)because we don't trust the foreign firms.
But we hire foreign nationals to run embassy computer systems?????
AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)The American Embassy in Moscow had to be rebuilt SEVERAL times in the 80's due to the excessive amounts of KGB bugs planted in it's walls, etc. , by the Russians used during construction. Russian labor was used, not American. The location was atrocious. The site had to be eventually abandoned.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/15/world/the-bugged-embassy-case-what-went-wrong.html
We have fallen for this spy trap on numerous occasions. Apparently, we've not learned yet. They have had the upper hand on America in the espionage game for decades.
So we can see, we are still being completely naive regarding Russian intentions.
We are AT WAR. NOTHING LESS.
WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA.
rzemanfl
(29,567 posts)I didn't get here fast enough.
herding cats
(19,566 posts)Well past MIRT was all I noticed.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)the sun rises in the East and water is wet. News would have been a spy wasn't in the US's Moscow Embassy.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)AllyCat
(16,215 posts)Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)atreides1
(16,091 posts)The Secret Service was likely told by the White House to let her go!!!
Firestorm49
(4,036 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)NOMOGOP
(87 posts)Nitram
(22,853 posts)about her handlers and what kind of material she was passing on. They seldom bust a mole right away. It is an opportunity to learn about the opposition. They probably tried to turn her, too, before letting her go.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)robbob
(3,537 posts)found working in the White House...