Guardian: Russian Spy Found Working at US Embassy in Moscow

The Guardian reports that US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the American Embassy in Moscow for more than a decade.

As reported, the female Russian national had been hired by the US Secret Service and had access to the agency’s intranet and email systems, which gave her a potential window into highly 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 State’s Regional Security Office (RSO),” the Guardian says.

It was established she was having regular and unauthorized meetings with members of the FSB, Russia’s principal security agency.

Guardian says the woman was dismissed last summer after the state department revoked her security clearance. The dismissal came shortly before a round of expulsions of US personnel demanded by the Kremlin after Washington imposed more sanctions on the country.

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By Thea Morrison

Photo: US embassy in Moscow

Source: Sputnik International