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Did Russia put compromised USB drives and charge cables into G20 "goodie bags"?
- adamnemecek 13y agoSeems like subtlety is not SVR's strongest suit. One would have to be dumb not to be suspicious of those gifts.
- osipov 13y agoThe coverage sounds like a poorly done hit job in the "questioning" style of Fox News. The title doesn't even assert that spying happened. The accusations come with no proof but with ample citations of "unnamed diplomats".
- omonra 13y agoYou're right. Russia is such an upstanding world citizen, the idea that they would spy on others just beggars belief.
- raverbashing 13y agoThis is a good reminder of "everybody spies" It doesn't matter if it's true or not in the same way a gun is always loaded.
- cafard 13y agoCould be. But why would anybody's security staff let him/her retain and use it?
- galvanist 13y agoThis reminds me of "Thing" -- a passive bugging device hidden inside a wooden carving of the American Great Seal and given to the American Ambassador to Russia by Russian school children. It operated for years and was discovered only by accident. Beware of Russians bearing gifts (if you are a diplomat). http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(listening_device) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(listening_device)