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Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:20 MDT

Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

By BARBARA SURK The Associated Press

Updated May 17, 2013 03:41PM MDT

Beirut • Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The rebels facilitated the New York-based group’s access to facilities that had belonged to a government security agency and military intelligence in la...

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U.S. diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:17:02 MDT

U.S. diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case

By LYNN BERRY The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 10:17PM MDT

Moscow • A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin’s security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising millions for “long-term cooperation.” The FSB, the successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, identified the diplomat as Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, detaining him brie...

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Russian security service detains U.S. diplomat accused of spying

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:24:23 MDT

Russian security service detains U.S. diplomat accused of spying

By LYNN BERRY The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 09:24AM MDT

MOSCOW • Russia says it will expel a U.S. diplomat who it claims was caught disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow. Russia’s security services claimed Tuesday that Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was a CIA officer. It said Fogle was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Fogle was handed back to U.S. Embassy off...