"Russian assassination attempt of CIA asset on U.S. soil shows major security shift: 'This is a game changer'; Intelligence community sees increased threat to foreign assets seeking safe haven in U.S." - Fox - SCW Newswatch
Fox News reports on Russian efforts to spy upon and assassinate a Russian double agent who was given safe haven in the United States after assisting U.S. intelligence.
The plot in Miami unraveled when someone pressured into being a Kremlin agent botched surveillance of the subject and attracted the attention of a security guard, and eventually U.S. intelligence."A 2020 attempt by Russian agents to target and kill a CIA asset on U.S. soil signals a major shift in how the U.S. intelligence community assesses the threat faced by foreign informants ... vital to U.S. intelligence gathering. ... [There reportedly was] an unprecedented attempt by Moscow to pursue Aleksandr Poteyev, a former high-ranking Russian intelligence officer turned informant for the CIA who was living in Miami. ... Russia has a long and notorious reputation for targeting informants at home and abroad, including in Western nations. In ... 2018, Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England."
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