Let's Play Spy Games We've recently learned that a US asset inside the Kremlin had to leave Russia and come to live in the US. This started me thinking in the most simplistic terms about international intelligence activities. Of course, I have no credentials in this area, so this is just the speculation of a curious citizen. We know that Vladimir Putin was formerly head of the KGB, one of the main intelligence agencies of the former Soviet Union. As such, I would be surprised if he did not surveil everyone in his administration. I'm guessing that this would entail giving false information to select people, then seeing if any of that info later turned up in some other countries' news, thus pointing directly to a particular person in his confidence. Of course, US intelligence agencies are aware of this type of play, and have ways of countering it, or using it to our advantage. But . . . Imagine that Putin gives this type of info