Firm founded by KGB spy to guard US Moscow embassy

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Source: BBC

The US State Department has employed a private firm set up by a veteran Soviet-era spy to provide security for its Moscow embassy and diplomatic missions in Russia.

The move comes after Moscow ordered the US to more than halve its staff in Russia earlier this year.

The US has now signed a contract with Elite Security Holdings, founded by the ex-KGB General Viktor Budanov.

General Budanov was a close friend of British spy and defector Kim Philby.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41947030

[Achilleaze]

1. republicans selling out America to the evil empire* russians

sickening


* per ronald freaking reagan

[BumRushDaShow]

2. This after all the years (15) it took

to build a bug-free embassy there after Russian contractors completely blanketed the first building with bugs.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/15/world/the-bugged-embassy-case-what-went-wrong.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/20/world/deal-made-on-bugged-us-moscow-embassy.html
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/U-S-Finally-Opens-Moscow-Embassy-Building-was-2714015.php

[former9thward]

3. They guard outside the embassy grounds.

They are not inside the embassy. The embassy itself is guarded by U.S. Marines and other U.S. personnel. The link says the State Department approached U.S. firms but none wanted the work.

[SergeStorms]

4. That won't matter....

the Russians will have that place singing like a Trump "coffee boy" in no time. There won't be one state secret they won't have access to.

[Marcuse]

5. The Russians have the Kushner back channel.

They don’t need to bug the embassy.

[SergeStorms]

6. Not to mention...

Rohrabacher. He's the eyes and ears of Russian secret intelligence in Congress.

[former9thward]

7. How?

It won't be because of these guards.