Russia's security services claimed Tuesday to have arrested a CIA agent posing as an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow for allegedly trying to recruit a Russian secret service agent to work for the U.S.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained a man identified as Ryan Christopher Fogle on the evening of May 13 or early the next morning for attempting to recruit a Russian agent.
The "Russia 24" television channel said the man was arrested carrying spy equipment, "instructions for recruitment," and a significant sum of money.
After being arrested and processed by Russian security services, the man was handed back to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Moscow. The U.S. Embassy would not comment on the reports when contacted Tuesday morning by CBS News.
The FSB said Fogle had been masquerading as a career diplomat at the Political Section of the U.S. Embassy, but that he was a CIA employee.
Photos showing a man with shoulder-length blonde hair being pinned on the ground by Russian agents were run on Russian television, allegedly showing the moment of arrest. Another photo showed the same man, but with short brown hair, sitting at a desk -- apparently in custody. On a table nearby, there was the backpack the man had been pictured carrying and a blonde wig.
Russian media said the U.S. Ambassador to Russia had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the incident.
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