If Russia was brazen enough to attempt to kill a former spy using a chemical weapon on British soil, could it happen in the United States? (1/5) nbcnews.to/2OSVYbk
Putin's government denies any involvement in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK, but the U.S. has pointed the finger squarely at Russia, which has been accused of killing targets on foreign soil more than once. (2/5) nbcnews.to/2OSVYbk
As the Trump administration punishes Russia with more sanctions, the U.S. is taking a renewed look at how best to protect Russian defectors, as well as how to respond if a nerve agent were ever deployed on American soil. (3/5) nbcnews.to/2OSVYbk
There are dozens of defectors from Russia and the former Soviet Union currently living in the U.S. who already enjoy protection by the CIA and are believed to be high on the Russian government's list of potential targets. (4/5) nbcnews.to/2OSVYbk
U.S. officials said the difficulty in keeping potential targets safe increases when a public spotlight is cast on their situation, such as by a high-profile case like the Skripal poisonings. (5/5) #NBCNewsThreads nbcnews.to/2OSVYbk
