could be out right stealing documents or planting bugs. there is no telling what they did. that was a concern. >> we were convinced that the russians had a success story. what it was, we did not know. >> in the late '90s, i was the most junior on my squad. i had the work nobody else wanted. i was in charge of investigating the svr line ot, ot means operational technical. these russian technical officers were supporting operations like our tech agents support us but not doing the operations. so it wasn't glamorous stuff. in 1999 they received an accreditation package announcing an intended arrival. to send a diplomat overseas,