PHOTO: Ryan Fogle, U.S. Diplomat Detained In Russia Allegedly Caught Trying To Recruit For CIA

In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013.
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Tuesday they detained U.S. diplomat Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, the Associated Press reported. FSB claimed Fogle was a CIA agent, and that they had caught him attempting to recruit a Russian agent.

Fogle was reportedly carrying “special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money” when he was detained.

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