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The Agitator —
You know, the judge is kinda’ right, at least in this case. And to be honest, given the mass of wrongful Dallas County convictions DA Craig Watkins has helped bring to the light of day, you’d think people in Dallas would have more important things to worry about.
Speaking of “you’d think they’d have more important things to worry about….”
Old photo shows KGB spy Putin posing as a tourist during a visit from Ronald Reagan.
Jack Shafer may well be the country’s best drug war journalist, if only ...
Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Caught in KGB Reagan-Gorbachev Ruse?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Does this picture show Putin pretending to be a tourist? (pic: Pete Souza)
You be the judge.
The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow.
But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.
Pete Souza, now President Obama’s official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the political thaw that soon ended the Cold ...
WH Photog takes on Putin
Ben Smith's Blog —
Here's an odd little diplomatic sideshow: White House photographer Pete Souza reportedly claimed in an interview that a tourist in a photo he snapped of Ronald Reagan is actually an undercover Vladimir Putin.
If true, it would contradict, or at least expand, the biography of the Russian leader.
Photo of Putin Undercover Emerges
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A 20 year old picture by White House photographer Pete Souza has emerged apparently showing Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former days as a KGB officer, Sky News reports.
The photo shows President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow with Putin disguised as a tourist in the crowd.
Putin Was A Junior Commie Stooge
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « In Other Presidential Book News Putin Was A Junior Commie Stooge Before he became a grown-up Russian Nationalist one. No news there, but Sky has what is purported to be photographic evidence of Vlad posing as a tourist, popping Marxist-Leninist dialectically correct questions at Reagan back in the day. The art shows a suspiciously Putin-like honker on strapping young golden-locked Ivan. Russky Putin biographer says can’t be, the up-and-coming KGB agent was busy making life in East Germany miserable at the time. Hey, there was Aeroflot service from Dresden to Moscow, wasn’t there? Topics: Russia Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:55 am on Thursday, March 19, 2009 Leave a Reply Trackback URL You must be logged in to post a comment.
Undercover Putin In KGB Reagan Ruse
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Sky News UK:
by Julia Alasheyeva, Moscow
A picture has emerged apparently showing Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in his former days as a KGB officer.
The 20-year old photo depicts two world leaders - US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - in Moscow.
But, according to the man who took the photo, it also captures Mr Putin disguised as a tourist.
Pete Souza, now President Obama’s official photographer, captured the moment when he worked for President Reagan during the ...
