The Department of Justice unveiled charges against Charles McGonigal, former head of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York City office, for violating U.S. sanctions against Russia, and also for receiving payments of $225,000 from a former employee of the Albanian foreign intelligence service.
They don't say the word bribe, but let's get real. That's what this is.
Back in September of last year, Susie Madrak reported on a story that the former head of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York City office was under investigation for flirting with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and possibly taking “payments or gifts” from the governments of Kosovo, Montenegro, and Albania. At that time, she wrote:
Let me be clear. McGonigal, who was chief of the NYC office's counterintelligence division, is only under investigation for making money from the Russians. Well, he made money from several countries. That doesn't prove he's a spy. The lack of disclosure makes him unethical. (So far.)
But the Russians famously throw business in the direction of people they want to compromise. Let's put it this way: It's possible that a former FBI counterintelligence agent got under the covers with known Russian "malign influence" agent Oleg Deripaska and remained a virgin.
It just doesn't seem likely.
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