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The Spy who webinar'd me: Did Russian spook, masquerading as consultant, steal corporate secrets?

An interesting and troubling piece in the Washingtonian today about one of those recently-nabbed Russian spies, who passed as a corporate consultant. The Russian who went by the alias “Donald Heathfield” wanted to know how US companies were preparing for a post-oil economy. “He wasn’t terribly curious about domestic political issues,” a source says. “Not ‘What does this bill include?’ or ‘What’s in these energy regulations?’ But potentially ‘Where in five years will a company be looking to get funding for clean and green energy?’ ” (via Danger Room)

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