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Meet The Diplomat And Daily Show Fan Accused Of Being A CIA Spy In Russia

Hunter Walker | May 14, 2013, 5:52PM


A photo released by the FSB showing a man claimed to be Ryan Fogle in FSB custody on Tuesday, May 14.

Ryan Christopher Fogle, the "third secretary" at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow who was detained by Russia's domestic intelligence agency and being accused of being a CIA spy Monday night, is a former frat boy and Daily Show fan from Missouri.

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Topics: CIA, Russia

Boston

Putin: Russia's Tip On Boston Bombing Suspect Didn't Have 'Operative Significance'

Hunter Walker | April 26, 2013, 3:34PM


Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, watches a military exercise at the Rayevsky shooting range at Anapa, a Russian Black Sea resort, on Friday, March 29, 2013. Thousands of Russian troops participated in a military exercise in the Black Sea on Friday, aimed at showcasing Russia's resurgent military might. Putin attended the drill that also involved 30 navy ships, dozens of combat aircraft and hundreds of armored vehicles. At right is Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed in on the Boston Marathon bombing during a marathon public question-and-answer session Thursday, claiming the information Russia provided the FBI about one of the alleged bombers did not have "operative significance." Putin also declared that Americans who want to see the surviving suspect branded a "prisoner of war" have "completely lost their marbles."

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Topics: Boston, Boston Marathon, FBI, Russia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Vladimir Putin

Boston

The Russian Connection: What Can Moscow's Tip Tell Us About The Boston Bombings?

Hunter Walker | April 20, 2013, 8:31PM


Boston marathon bombing suspects

Now that the suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing have both been taken off the streets, authorities are focused on looking into a 2012 trip one of the alleged bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, took to Russia. Prior to that journey, the FBI was asked to investigate Tsarnaev by the Russian government. TPM talked to experts to find out what this Russian tip may tell us about Tsarnaev's ties to extremist groups in his native land and whether the FBI missed out on a chance to catch a future terrorist.

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Topics: Boston, Caucasus Emirate, Chechnya, Dokka Umarov, FBI, Russia, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Terrorism

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