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Possible Russian spy for CIA now living in Washington area nbcnews.com/news/us-news/p…
A former senior Russian official is living in the Washington area under U.S. government protection, current and former government officials tell NBC News.
U.S. officials say reporting the man’s information could endanger his life.
U.S. officials say reporting the man’s information could endanger his life.
Yet the former Russian government official, who had a job with access to secrets, was living openly under his true name.
On Wednesday, an NBC News correspondent went to the man’s house in the Washington area and rang the doorbell.
On Wednesday, an NBC News correspondent went to the man’s house in the Washington area and rang the doorbell.
Five minutes later, two young men in an SUV came racing up the street and parked immediately adjacent to the correspondent’s car.
The men, who identified themselves only as friends of the Russian, asked the correspondent what he was doing there.
The men, who identified themselves only as friends of the Russian, asked the correspondent what he was doing there.
A former senior national security official said the men were likely U.S. government agents monitoring the Russian's house.
The discovery of the Russian’s presence in the U.S. came after a CNN report Monday asserting that the CIA exfiltrated one of its top spies from Russia after officials became concerned he was in danger of being caught.
The New York Times reported later Monday that the CIA’s Russian informant was instrumental to the agency’s conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered and orchestrated the campaign to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. 🧐🤔
