Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida

The New York Times ^ | June 19, 2023 | Ronen Bergman, Adam Goldman and Julian E. Barnes

[Timber Rattler]

As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has pursued enemies abroad, his intelligence operatives now appear prepared to cross a line that they previously avoided: trying to kill a valuable informant for the U.S. government on American soil.

The clandestine operation, seeking to eliminate a C.I.A. informant in Miami who had been a high-ranking Russian intelligence official more than a decade earlier, represented a brazen expansion of Mr. Putin’s campaign of targeted assassinations. It also signaled a dangerous low point even between intelligence services that have long had a strained history.

“The red lines are long gone for Putin,” said Marc Polymeropoulos, a former C.I.A. officer who oversaw operations in Europe and Russia. “He wants all these guys dead.”

The assassination failed, but the aftermath in part spiraled into tit-for-tat retaliation by the United States and Russia, according to three former senior American officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss aspects of a plot meant to be secret and its consequences. Sanctions and expulsions, including of top intelligence officials in Moscow and Washington, followed.

[Timber Rattler]

Comrade Putin ordering assassinations on American soil now...

[Right_Wing_Madman]

We thought this was you...

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[reasonisfaith]

But the NYT is the enemy of the American People.

[Timber Rattler]

So is Vladimir Putin.

[hardspunned]

It’s got that Hillary’s Russia, Russia, Russia type stench all over it. Latest fare over at the media masters’ feeding trough.

[reasonisfaith]

The NYT has done far more damage to our country than Putin ever thought of doing.

[Timber Rattler]

The NYT has done far more damage to our country than Putin ever thought of doing.

[McGruff]

“according to three former senior American officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity”

Such is the state of reporting these days.

[MeganC]

Time for the CIA to give Putin a cigar.

[one guy in new jersey]

Right. And we’re supposed to take this story at face value and pretend it’s not 100% Brandon Administration propaganda.

[canuck_conservative]

maybe they just don’t want to get assassinated by Putin

better safe than sorry, with that a-h

[kiryandil]

If the target was one of The Great DickTater's enemies, it would be ALL GOOD in the banana republic of america.

The Great DickTater

[chiller]

correct , Sir !