The C.I.A. Spy Inside the Kremlin

<p>Last week, CNN broke the story that the United States had secretly extracted a top spy from Russia in 2017. What does that mean now for American intelligence operations? Guest: Julian E. Barnes, who covers national security for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The Moscow informant was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/cia-informant-russia.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">instrumental to the C.I.A.’s conclusion</a> that President Vladimir V. Putin had ordered and orchestrated Russia’s election interference campaign.</li></ul>