The same article claims again the Russians used nerve gas on skirpal, that Russian who worked for Steele. It was Fentanyl, and the guy who was poisoned alongside his daughter just happened to be a longtime associate of Steele and do a little too much about the dossier.
Just remember, the New York Times told us they were not an objective news source. They literally admitted that they were a political paper, on a mission the destroy Trump.
The CIA can do things and make it look like someone else did it. Just a rumor I’ve heard.
Be a shame if Russia did something about this smear from the NY Times...