embassy who also just like ryan fogle tried to recruit member and then plea of the governmental terrorist commission and we have acquired a telephone conversation between benjamin dillon and the person let's listen to this conversation if you want it is renewed promise you know. it's a group you have. minister ministers and there's a. group militia who long to always be a screw up but also some do not go to her death but in your years and years to. remember assume ordinary used to be mysterious and so. for specific approach to two years did you you do. officials particularly pointed out the striking resemblance between the two stories of benjamin dillon and ryan fogle that they both used the same tactics phone calls offering money maybe the only difference was that benjamin dillon wasn't carrying a wig on him like ryan fogle did but definitely this shows. the same tactics used by cia agents in moscow and probably having the same consequences because we know that ryan fogle is due to be extradited deported from from moscow just as it happened to benjamin dillon in january twentieth thirtee

iny claim ryan fogle was possession of this letter offering $1 million for information. why go so public with the scam? >> it seems to me it is about how to portray the people as spies. of 2006 whenoes britain was accused of using this electronic rock to spy on russia, a claim that turned out to be true. the last major u.s. spy scandal was in 2010 when they were expelled from america. she has become a fashion model and television presenter. in a move reminiscent of the cold war, ryan fogle has been told he is persona non grata in russia, the first diplomat to be thrown out of the country in a decade. certainly no james bond. i spoke a short time ago with andrew kuchins. ado not know whether it is crime against russia but certainly a crime of incompetence. it is almost comical. >> exactly. seteems to be the stupidest up ever. it is so comical and hard to believe. he is walking around with an atlas of moscow and and a compass, a wigged emma a letter, which is a direct google translation, not even done in russian. it seems beyond idiotic. >> the only thing missing is a magn

russian security says this is ryan fogle, a low-level diplomatic and cia agent. this veteran of the cia says there is something strange about the case. >> it is inconceivable to me that anyone affiliated with american intelligence would have made what we would refer to as a cold pitch of this sort, where you have a huge sum of money on your person and you simply show up with a letter in a place that is not your turf, not your control, and were to go badly you are subject to arrest. >> this is not the first incident of spying. appearing0 russians to be every day and not necessarily powerful assets were swapped. when theat a time countries are trying to come to a common position on how to and syria possible war. many think they should not have a serious relationship. the u.s. president described it this way. >> i do not think there is any secret that there remains lingering suspicions between russia and other members of the g8 or the west. >> suspicions russians will now believe are likely confirmed by this man, his wings, and a wild story of espionage, apparently

officials told me that they knew from day one since ryan fogle came to moscow that he was working for the cia that's why they are. on him and the most important formation here clearly is that this is not the first case over the past three years and in fact since two thousand and eleven there have been four cases like that but one story which the f.s.b. officials wanted to join particular attention on is the story of also a third secretary of the us embassy benjamin dillon who are just like ryan fogle tried to recruit and then plea of the national anti-terrorist committee offering him a money and offering him to meet and in private to discuss the details that's when the f.s.b. officials actually managed to apprehend him i have acquired a recording of the phone conversation between benjamin dillon and that man who do you have. an iron. skillet spears quote but also from. your new years and years to. live i should warn you used to be mysterious and so. did you well the f.s.b. officials also pointed out the tactics which both deal and used to have a striking resemblance they both made pho

we do not know if ryan fogle is a spy. we do not know if that was his real spy gear and his real spy wig or if it was all a plant to make the u.s. look stupid. we do not know. until we do know, there's no reason to speculate. but no matter how this saga resolves, i think we can all agree that james traficant should sue to get his hair back, or at least he should get royalties when they inevitably make the bad movie out of this. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. from capital one.

russia's foreign ministry says that ryan fogle has been declared persona non grata that he will have to leave russia and that such a discovery makes positive relations between russia and the u.s. more difficult according to the f.s.b. one of russia's security agency's ryan fogle is not in fact the third political secretary at the u.s. embassy in moscow he is in fact according to the f.s.b. a cia agent they claim that they caught him in the act of trying to recruit a russian special service agent they say a counterterrorism agent working in the north caucuses to work for the cia their supply had r.t. with video showing what they say is the astonishment of one of the unnamed f.s.b. officers after round fogel's detention. but first was shocked that something like that could happen the f.s.b. has been actively cooperating with the u.s. working on intercepting threats to its national security the f.b.i. chief has also visited moscow recently while barack obama and vladimir putin have reached an agreement that the country's secret services should work together and with all that in the back

ryan fogle is not in fact the third political secretary at the u.s. embassy here in moscow he is in fact a u.s. spy working for the cia they have sent the f.s.b. has sent both releases and video they said that they caught him in the act of trying to recruit a russian agent currently working as a counterterrorism agent in the north caucuses to try and work for for the cia they also sent us this video in which it can be heard one nameless f.s.b. operative announcing his astonishment at this find. but. things like that could happen if it's been has been actively cooperating with the u.s. working on intercepting threats to its national security the f.b.i. chief has also visited moscow recently while barack obama and vladimir putin reached an agreement that the country secret services should go together and with all that in the background this u.s. diplomat has committed a major state crime against russia do you have any questions regarding what's being demonstrated you would know. it must be said it's not known from the video whether ryan foyle was given

officials told me that they knew from day one since ryan fogle came to moscow that he was working for the cia that's why they had a very close eye on him and the most important formation here clearly is that this is not the first case over the past three years in fact in fact since two thousand and eleven there have been four cases like that but one story which the f.s.b. officials wanted to draw particular attention on is the story of also a third secretary of the u.s. embassy benjamin dillon who just like ryan fogle tried to recruit an employee of the national anti-terrorist committee offering him a money and for him to meet and in private to discuss the details that's when the f.s.b. officials actually managed to apprehend him i have acquired and the audio recording of the phone conversation between benjamin dillon and that man it's a group you have a. minister misses and those that. are never really. weird militias you have to let me know long philistia squad but also not some do not call daughter but instead you knew us and yesterday and we were never assume or new used to be mys

russian security officials say this is said american, ryan fogle, an employee there in moscow.has not confirmed if he actually works for the cia. but russians claim americans had the classic spy arsenal, including wigs, sunglasses, gadgets and a giant pile of cash. russia demanded he leave the country today. jonathan hunt has that as well. what are both sides saying before out this? it looks ungood. >> well, we're all trying to work out exactly who this guy, ryan fogle is, what what exactly he was doing he was doing what is called a third secretary at the u.s. ben guess in moscow. puts him at the bottom of the ladder in terms of diplomatic foreign service service stuff. the russians are saying a lot. u.s. officials very little. the cia e-mail us saying, if needed, you may report that they the cia declined to comment. the state department they had this to say. [inaudible] we have seen the russian foreign ministry announcement and have no furor in comment. >> that russian foreign ministry announce said in part at the time that the presidents of our countries recognized the readin

that was sent to was cut out at the end of this question and so it's not known whether whether ryan fogle was allowed a chance to answer that question directed at him by the f.s.b. the f.s.b. also claimed that they found along with fogle a number of technical devices and other things that he used in his alleged operation among them written instructions to the agent that he was trying to co-opt also a large amount of money in cash and a little more strangely perhaps to wigs but they claimed he used to disguise himself a map of moscow and a compost over the issue of the u.s. ambassador has been summoned to talk to the russian government and the foreign ministry has expelled mr fogel from russia. as of yet the u.s. embassy has made no comment on the matter but have been a number of high profile spying scandals between russia the us and other countries in recent years in october two thousand and eleven a couple in germany were put on trial for suspected spying for the soviet union and then russia for many years in june two thousand and ten anna chapman was one of ten who were arrested in the

humiliated and expelled the cia spy ryan fogle has now left russia after being busted over a million dollars to a russian security agent in return for assistance this week saw red faces at the american embassy in moscow as the identity was also revealed of the cia bureau chief working under the guise of a diplomat but in a caution about takes up the story ryan fogle was caught in the act trying to recruit a russian special services agent to work for the americans now russia's federal security service has released a photo of technical equipment and some other items that were found when he was detained including a compress a map of moscow a large amount of cash and even two weeks to allegedly use as disguises now this is suspected cia agent was offering one million dollars a year for passing on classified information and that was revealed to you know why a taped telephone conversation between four and the security agent he was trying to recruit made public by russia's federal security service. you're going up a storm subordinate to so many of us more to. talk of the war than you want t

well ryan fogle is a stern sibly a third secretary at the u.s. embassies political department in moscow he was however detained according to the f.s.b. one of russia's security services he was detained in the middle of trying to recruit a russian special service agent to work for the cia found with him were written instructions for the agent he was trying to recruit a large amount of money in cash also to wigs to help him describes his appearance a map of moscow and a compass he has reportedly since been returned to the u.s. embassy the u.s. ambassador has been summoned by russia to talk to them over the incident there has so far been no comment from the u.s. embassy. on boston life or moscow thank you very much if that's happened eight. russians for years space capsule has returned from the international space station safely delivering a three man crew back to earth the module touched down in kazakhstan one of the crew members canadian commander chris hadfield has returned something of a celebrity while the norbit he recorded a series of videos

well ryan fogle pictured here was ostensibly a third secretary at the political department of the u.s. embassy in moscow however according to the f.s.b. one of russia's security services he was earlier detained according to them in the act of trying to recruit a russian special service agent a counterterrorism agent working in the north caucasus to try and work for the cia . on him when he was found was also a large number a large amount of money in cash written instructions for the agent he was he was trying to bring over to the ca site the cia also wigs used to try and disguise his appearance some of the equipment shown here some communications equipment a map of moscow and also a compass since then mr full has been returned to the u.s. embassy the u.s. ambassador has been summoned by russia over the incident and so far the u.s. embassy has offered no comment. yes and this is of course not the first spying incident between moscow and washington so please tell us more about that yes there are others as well that in recent years there have been a number of high profile cases around sp

russian officials the man pinned on the ground is ryan fogle. the officials confiscated wigs, sun glasses, a compass and wads of cash. joining me now is phil black from moscow and former cia officer bob baer. phil, what are the latest details? >> reporter: well, anderson, after being detained last night here in moscow time, ryan fogle was we are told released back into the custody of u.s. embassy officials, and the expectation is now that he's been declared persona non grata he must leave the country immediately. we do not know when precisely and at the moment the u.s. embassy is maintaining silence, still no comment whatsoever. anderson? >> bob, what do you make of this? you're a former cia officer. the letter, the wigs, a compass in moscow, does it make sense to you? >> it makes no sense at all, anderson. you don't carry a compass when you make a meeting in moscow. you never carry a letter. wigs are a waste of time. you just never wear them. if you know who you're meeting it just doesn't matter what you look like. it almost looks like this a k

says ryan fogle is a diplomat. the russians say the young american is a spy, captured red-handed with a crazy blond wig trying to recruit a russian intelligence officer to work for the u.s. the supposed evidence, not one, but two wigs, three pairs of glasses, ziploc bags filled with wads of cash, a microphone and this letter supposedly intended for the russian intelligence officer which reads in part "dear friend, we are ready to offer you $100,000 to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. we can offer up to 1 million a year for long-term cooperation." but look closer at that evidence. that blond wig, it's raising questions. spycraft seems more maxwell smart than -- >> bond, james bond. >> reporter: peter earnest, a cia officer for 20 years says it's an unspoken rule spies don't get caught with a disguise. >> they don't want to get picked up with spy stuff on them. unless as speculation goes it's a total setup in which case you say let's throw a couple of wigs in there. >> reporter: no secret the u.s.

russian officials say the man pinned on the ground is ryan fogle, listed as the third secretary in the political section of the u.s. embassy in moscow. he was briefly detained before being ordered to leave the country. that's him there in the checked shirt. this photograph shows his so-called spy arsenals that were confiscated, a wig, sunglasses, and wads of cash. officials have not commented publicly on any of this. joining me is phil black from moscow and former cia officer, bob baer. phil, what are the latest details? >> reporter: well, anderson, after being detained last night here in moscow time, ryan fogle was we are told released back into the custody of u.s. embassy officials, and the expectation is now that he's been declared persona non grata he must leave the country immediately. we do not know and at the moment the u.s. embassy is maintaining silence, still no comment whatsoever. >> bob, what do you make of this? you're a former cia officer. the letter, the wigs, a compass in moscow, does it make sense to you? >> it makes no sense at all, anderson. you don't carry a compass

russian officials are ordering ryan fogle to leave the country accusing him to recruit a russian for the cia. they say they caught him with a spy kit and a letter offering up to a million a year to his russian contact to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. u.s. officials said they don't think it will setback to improve russian relations but over night vladimir putin said this incident doesn't help. >>> new regulations regarding alcohol limits go into effect rethink that second drink. the national transportation safety board has recommended lowering the legal blood alcohol level from .08 to .05, the equivalent of two glasses of wine in an hour for a 30-year-old woman weighing 130 pounds. the board said it doesn't expect the proposal to be popular but it will reduce the 10,000 drunk driving deaths in the u.s. each year. >>> it's been a week of extremes with record temperatures both low and high being set all across the country. nebraska, iowa, minnesota and south dakota all saw record highs with the most jaw dropping in sioux city, iowa where it hit 106 degrees. record

he's identified by moscow as ryan fogle, the third secretary of the political department of the u.s.n capital. the russians say he's actually a cia agent trying to recruit a staff member of one of the russian special services. the russians say he was caught with wigs, cash, a knife and dark glasses. phil black live in moscow. wow. phil, tell me more about this spying claim there. >> reporter: sure, brooke. russia's leading spy agency, the fsb, says it picked up ryan fogle, detained him on the streets of moscow, overnight, and they videotaped the whole encounter. that's where we got the pictures we can show you now. it shows this man who is said to be ryan fogle, initially in a pretty unconvincing blonde wig, when he's first detained and then taken into the fsb building and questioned and they said they found him carrying as you described essentially a spy kit as well as all those little technical devices you described. he's also said to be carrying a big pile of cash and a written letter that the russians say were instructions and a financial offer to the man, the russian agent, that

if russian intelligence is true, ryan fogle's days as a spy are almost surely over. accused trying to recruit a russian double agent. cnn's brian todd is learning more about his background. >> reporter: russian officials he is a cia spy trying to , say recruit a russian operative to spy for the americans. in a youtube video released for russian television, he is heard angrily chastising him. >>translator: you know the fsb is actively helping in the investigation in the bombing in boston. >> reporter: the man video taped wearing a ridiculous wig seems to have a background not so ridiculous. according to officials at schools we contacted, officials that looked at the pictures of him, this is likely the same ryan fogle that grew up near st. louis, went to mary institute and st. louis country day school, a private institution that cost nearly $23,000 a year for upper grades. he graduated from mary institute in 2002. then according to school officials went to colgate. he was a straight arrow, achiever. a member of a fraternity that doesn't allow drinking in its houses. an

he is identified as ryan fogle. a u.s. diplomat that u.s. claims is a spy. is man was carrying a spy kit, wigs and knives and lots of money. fogle detained briefly before turned over to the u.s. embassy. not yet been a response from the u.s. government. >>> in money news. square, the mobile payment service, is banning gun sales. a company spokesman says the move is not related to the recent gun control debate in washington. square allows retailers to use mobile devices to process credit cards. >>> back now to one of our big stories of the day. the fallout from the irs targeting of conservative groups. the agency now admitting mistakes were made. president obama vowing that anyone involved will be, quote, be held fully responsible. that could start with a hearing this friday before the house, ways and means committee. joining me now, michigan congressman mr. levin, the ranking member of that committee. congressman, welcome. >> glad to be with you, carol. >> i think there has somebody critique that democrats haven't rushed forward to condemn the mistakes made b

they ordered ryan fogle to leave the country. officials say he was detained late on monday. they say he's a cia agent working under the guise of a diplomat. the alleged fogle offered to pay an officer $1 million a year to spy for the u.s. he was handed over to the u.s. embassy after keeping him in detention for several hours. the russian foreign ministry summoned the u.s. ambassador in moscow. they demanded that fogle leave the country without delay. they said provocative actions in the spirit of the cold war will not promote mutual trust. > north korean leaders are taking a break that put the asian pacific on alert but they haven't let their guards down. he says the country is using policy to keep tension high on the peninsula. the korean workers party amended its rules in 2010 making the liberation of south korea a goal. pyongyang made the amendment two months before they ordered their troops to shell the south korean island of yong pong. he said the leadership of kim jong un can force citizens to sacrifice themselves and says they will continue to make threats and provoca

diplomat ryan fogle in a blond wig and hat had been detained in moscow overnight. officially he's a diplomat at the u.s. embassy but the russians said he works for the c.i.a. and was caught trying to recruit a russian intelligence agent to work for the u.s. later today, the russians handed him over to the embassy and ordered him expelled from the country. in washington, the state department's patrick ventrell confirmed a u.s. diplomat had been detained but declined to elaborate. the incident came as the u.s. is seeking russian cooperation in two key areas-- the investigation of the boston bombing suspects and efforts to end the syrian civil war h. secretary of state john kerry was in moscow last week announcing a joint effort to bring about syrian peace talks. for more on this, i'm joined by "washington post" moscow correspondent will englund. will, welcome. this sounds like something out of a spy movie. how did this all unmold? >> well, the f.s.b. certainly came prepared. they detained ryan fogle last nighting in a residential street in southwest moscow. they brou

ryan fogle has been ordered to leave russia.he two countries continue to respond to the dramatic outing of an alleged spy will determine if recent progress continues. >>> and phil joins me live from moscow. what is the u.s. embassy saying about this? >> reporter: jake, silence. no comment whatsoever. now ryan fogle is being expelled from the country. the key question is how will the united states respond? will there be a tit for tat expulsion of a russian diplomat? as for the russians, while they say or claim that they have been watching the cia trying to recruit their people for sometime now, they haven't explained why they eventually, finally, decided to go public with this. >> phil, this is business as usual for how the cia operates in russia? have we just broken the diplomacy reset button? >> reporter: well, both sides admit there is a certain degree of tolerance for the espionage that goes on in both countries. officials for them do. but it usually takes place beneath the surface. it is rare it would be bubbled up like this

the russian federal security service claims american diplomat ryan fogle carried disguises, cash and a letter to a russian citizen they believe he was trying to recruit. so what do you think? was this a spy game gone wrong? and will it strain relations between the u.s. and russia? you can weigh in on the "nightline" facebook page or sweet us at "nightline" or at jujuchang@abc. thanks for watching. as always, we're online at abcnews.com. >>> a family is utterly shattered after their little girl is struck and killed outside a san jose elementary school. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the six-year-old was crossing the treat with her aunt and two gerald sister when they were struck. it happened in front of parkview elementary school near blue field. lisa is with us now live. >> a car coming in this direction westbound hit them and just a later later you can see behind me a memorial is set up in their honor. >> she was very energetic. she was spunky and happy all the time. when i come over she would call me by my name and say let's play. >> reporter: she was doing w

they ordered ryan fogle to leave the country. officials say he was detained late on monday.y say he's a cia agent

they detained ryan fogle last nighting in a resid in souwest moscow. they brought cameramen, they brought video. they had a -- they made a pretty extensive record of their detention of him and of him back in the f.s.b. office and some american diplomats were called in to be there with them. they say they caught him as he was trying to recruit a russian agent and he had with him the tools of spy craft and they were very keen to display these tools on a table in the f.s.b. quarters in photos and videos that were released to the russian press very quickly. kind of an amazing bunch of stuff. he had two wigs, kind of fright wigs, almost. three sets of eyeglasses. a compass, a street atlas of moscow. what appears to be a canister of pepper spray. a knife and then the letter which you mentioned that he was apparently supposedly allegedly prepared to deliver to this russian agent he was trying to recruit. the letter addressed to "dear friend"nd promising that if he cooperated over the years he could expect to make as much as a million dollars a year in the u.s