No details were released on the identity of the alleged spy, or on his detention. Russia and the United States have arrested or expelled several alleged spies over the past year in a string of actions that have accompanied a general deterioration of relations. Once upon a time there was a mission and some espirit de corps in that community. Now it's just civil service. Advancement by racial quoto, heck NSA-CIA just celebrated a gay rights day.
Fish rot from the head.
The statement said the operation consisted of hacking into FSB computers with the aim of revealing its structure and possible counter measures the Russians were taking against Western operations. The Lithuanian embassy in Moscow was not available for comment. It said the agent also confessed that between April and May this year, before a visit by President Clinton to Moscow, he had the task of recruiting a representative of the FSB through a meeting in Poland. Spy Scandals Clinton visited Moscow at the beginning of this month and met Russian President Vladimir Putin, himself a former member of the KGB who served in communist East Germany. The two leaders hailed their meetings as the start of a new era of relations between the two former Cold War enemies after what had been a year of tensions over arms control issues, the Kosovo campaign and Western criticism of the Chechnya offensive.