look at the video side by side. we see both men taken in for questioning. seeing them sitting awkwardly at this table. almost from the same angle. in both videos we can t see the eye didn identity of the men can them and asking them questions. then there is a table of spy care. multiple eye glasses, recording devices, a loit colored wig that fits into a hat. this arrest this week in hoss could you, this oddly choreographed performed for the cameras arrest for the supposedly american spy in moscow this week is basically an exact replay of the exact thing that russians did to great propaganda effect in 1986. right down to the retro cold war era spy gear that they say they caught him with and showed with such pride in theer. walk video. this could mean that the cia still goes to the same wig store and buys the same wigs for their
look at it side by side. we see both men being taken in for questioning, sitting awkwardly at this table, almost from the same angle. in the videos, we can t see the identity of the men who are with them and asking questions, and in both cases, we see this amazing table of spy gear. multiple pairs of eyeglasses, reporting devices, right down to each of them having a light colored wig that fits into a hat. this arrest this week in moscow, this oddly choreographed performance for the cameras of the arrest of the supposed american spy in moscow this week, it s basically an exact replay of the exact thing the russians did to great propaganda effect in 1986. right down to all the retro, cold war era spy gear they say they caught this american spy with this week and they showed off with such pride in the perp walk video. this could mean that maybe the cia still goes to the same wig store and buys the same wigs for their spies decade after decade, or it could conceivably mean
video of ryan fogal s arrest released to the russian pleeda. there was video of his arrest and elaborateer. walk that fsb made him do. russians filmed the arrest, filmed him handcuffed, with the wig and hat. filmed him being escorted into a car, into a building and then we see him waiting to be questioned by the fsb. the fsb is what the kgb used to be like, right? than they lay out on the table and show us the spy gear they allegedly caught him with. here is the thing. this is the long oddly transfixing video we got from the russian is last week of ryan fogal. now look at this. this is a documentary from 1986 showing a cia operate of named michael sellers arrested and interrogated in 1986 opinion
local time on tuesday, that is exactly when the russian government released the news they had arrested this spy, this guy in the terrible wig. hey, here s the pictures. here s the video. the washington post pointed out that timing this week. then the day after they announced the arrest, that s when u.s. secretary of state john kerry had his big high profile meeting with his equivalent in the russian government, with the foreign minister. it s a really embarrassing thing to happen before the meeting, right? then today an fsb spokesman ups the ante by reportedly revealing the identity, revealing the name of the american cia station chief in moscow. wow. we do not know if ryan fogle is a spy. we do not know if that was his real spy gear and his real spy wig or if it was all a plant to make the u.s. look stupid. we do not know. until we do know, there s no reason to speculate. but no matter how this saga resolves, i think we can all agree that james traficant should sue to get his hair b
that was released to the russian media. the video of his arrest and the elaborate perp walk the fsb made him do. they filmed the arrest, filmed him handcuffed still sporting the wig and the hat, filmed him being escorted by two men into the backseat of a car, and filmed him going into the back of a building no longer wearing the wig but carrying it in hand, and waiting to be questioned by the fsb. the fsb is what the kgb used to be. at one point at a table, they lay out and show us all the spy gear they allegedly caught him with. here s the thing. this was the long, oddly transfixing video we got from the russians earlier this week when they arrested ryan fogle. now i want you to watch this. this is an excerpt from a soviet era documentary in 1986 showing a cia operative named michael sellers arrested and interrogated at kgb headquarters in 86.