[trendia]

Maybe they knew we'd think it odd for Russians to speak with a Russian accent so they did it anyway to trick us.

"Are you the sort of man who would put the poison in his own goblet? Now a clever man would put the poison into my goblet, because he would know that only a fool would drink the goblet given to him. I am not a fool, so clearly you wouldn't do that. But you must have known that I was not a great fool, so I mustn't drink from the wine in front of me!" [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_eZmEiyTo0#t=1m20s

[mirimir]

Yeah, pretty much. Except no poison drinking was involved here. Unless it was the NSA that did it. And of course, this was all old stuff, so it wasn't really very poisonous.

But really, really, really. There's just no way to know.

[zzzcpan]

Who else, besides Russia, plays these spy games with the US?

[mirimir]

North Korea, China and Israel come to mind. Also many independents. And the US probably plays with itself.

[TwoNineFive]

Great Princess Bride reference.

However, the moral I derive from this is the fact that the poison was put in both goblets.

Government organizations like the CIA are not just poisoning the other, but themselves and the people they are supposedly protecting as well.

Legacy of Ashes, et-all.