A former top CIA officer who served in the agency’s clandestine service for decades and spent time in Moscow says Paul Whelan, the U.S. citizen held there on suspicion of espionage, would have been an unlikely candidate for spy operations in Russia given his background as a U.S. Marine and his work in security—which would have likely raised red flags with the Russian security services.
Foreign Policy: US citizen held in Moscow not likely a spy
A woman with an umbrella walks on Red Square past the Kremlin after a night of heavy snowfall in Moscow on Dec. 6, 2018.
