Summary: Retired agent Bill Kinane reviews the five years he served in the FBI's Legal Attaché (LEGAT) Office in Moscow, Russia, the first-ever official Bureau presence in the country. Bill Kinane established a working relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). At the time, current Russian President Vladimir Putin was the head of the FSB, and Bill Kinane met with him and his team weekly.
