One of the most satisfying moments in any spy thriller is when the bad guy — the black-hat operative who has been killing and tormenting his adversaries — does something dumb and gets caught. That’s essentially what’s been happening recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pet spy agency, the GRU.
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A man walks past the building of the headquarters of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on Dec. 30, 2016.