Reality Check
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Russia Denies It Spies for CIA in North Korea

On January 20, 2003, Russia denied the story. The Foreign Intelligence Service said that the report in The New York Times about a deal between the two intelligence agencies "does not correspond to reality" and added " some forces in the United States have deliberately fabricated this publication at a time when Russia is making intense efforts to help defuse the tension around North Korea's nuclear program." The New York Times did not respond to this charge of publishing disinformation— or explain why the CIA would to rely on Russia, and turn over to its intelligence service sensitive sources and methods, when other US allies, such as Norway, have embassies and missions in North Korea.

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