CNN confirms the Guardian's reporting, gets a Trump admin official to say a Russian spy working

[MelissaB]

CNN confirms the Guardian’s reporting, gets a Trump admin official to say a Russian spy working in the US Embassy in Moscow is “not an issue of national security.”

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Suspected Russian spy caught working inside US embassy in Moscow

Washington (CNN)A suspected Russian spy was employed for more than a decade at the US Embassy in Moscow before being fired last year, a senior administration official tells CNN.

The woman, a Russian national, worked for the US Secret Service for years before she came under suspicion during one of the State Department regional security office's routine security reviews in 2016, the official said.

The security office found the woman was having regular, unauthorized meetings with the Russian intelligence service, the FSB.

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The woman had access to the Secret Service's intranet and email systems, but the official said "this was not an issue of national security."

More: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/02/politics/russian-spy-us-embassy-moscow/index.html

[MelissaB]

1. ... snip

A person familiar with this case says the woman in question was actually employed by the State Department, but did work for the Secret Service as part of her job at the embassy. All foreign nationals are technically employed by the State Department -- which vets and hires them -- and then the different agencies assign them work.

The State Department declined to comment, saying they "do not comment on allegations related to intelligence or personnel matters, and we have no information for you on this alleged incident."

[lapfog_1]

2. What the hell did she do for the Secret Service? -n/t

[Freethinker65]

3. Russian spies are not a security threat, Canadian milk subsidies are a security threat. Got it.

[triron]

4. How long did she work there?

[MelissaB]

5. A decade.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Did she come highly recommended by the Trumpys?