Posted on 09/14/2009 7:55:38 AM PDT by fiscon1
The September issue of GQ carries an interesting article by Scott Anderson on the September 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow that left hundreds dead and led to Vladimir Putin's rise to power. The piece profiles former Russian FSB officer Mikhail Trepashkin and collects evidence suggesting that the bombings were perpetrated by the FSB rather than by Chechen terrorists.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Knowing how former KGB operatives (who moved to the fledgling FSB in the 90s) work, this is no surprise.
“I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul”
George W Bush
That is not very heroic of them - but it is wise. There have been many deaths of media people who investigated various black ops in Russia.
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