(11 Apr 2002)
Moscow, April 11 2002
1. Exterior United States embassy in Moscow
2. Close-up of United States flag
Federal Security Service footage
Undisclosed date and location, 2002
3. Photograph of an American female diplomat allegedly engaged in espionage
4. CCTV footage of diplomat (Black and White)
Moscow, April 11 2002
5. Wide of headquarters of the Federal Security Service
Federal Security Service footage
Undisclosed date and location, 2002
6. Pan and zoom in to a cache in hedge
7. Close-up of hand removing package from cache
8. Zoom out from package
Moscow, April 11 2002
9. Establishing shot of Mikhail Lyubimov, former Soviet spy in London
10. Cutaway display of Lyubimov's books on spying
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mikhail Lyubimov, former Soviet spy:
"Maybe some embarrassment (for Putin), but, alright, it is an embarrassment, too, that the CIA is working here so actively. Isn't it an embarrassment to Mr. Bush? So there are two embarrassments."
12. Various exterior of Kremlin
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mikhail Lyubimov, former Soviet spy:
"Now the main effort is to get military and technical information. Whatever our relations are, I think that both countries are experimenting with new weapons, trying to make them more effective and better, and therefore this competition will proceed."
14. Various of Moscow street, including newspaper vendor
STORYLINE:
A major spy scandal erupted on Wednesday when Russia's main counter-intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, announced it had thwarted a United States' CIA attempt to purchase classified documentation on advanced Russian weaponry, and recruit a Russian national working for a top-secret installation.
The Federal Security Service, the chief successor to the Soviet-era KGB secret police, has provided television footage showing one alleged participant in the CIA operation, a secretary in the United States embassy's consular department.
The footage also showed a place where alleged American spies hid money for their Russian contact.
A former Soviet spy, Mikhail Lyubimov, a retired agent of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency who spied on the United Kingdom in London, believes the latest espionage scandal likely will embarrass presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush ahead of their summit in May.
Lyubimov said even friendly countries now spy on one another, with Russian military technology being the main target for CIA spying.
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