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WE HAVE LEARNED NEW INFORMATION
ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE MAN AT
THE CENTER OF THIS SPY CASE.
>> Reporter: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
IDENTIFY HIM AS RYAN FOGEL.
THEY SAY HE IS A CIA SPY TRYING
TO RECRUIT A RUSSIAN OPERATIVE
TO SPY FOR THE AMERICANS.
IN A VIDEO RELEASED BY RT
TELEVISION, A RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL IS HEARD
ANGRILY CHASTISING HIM.
>> Translator: YOU KNOW
PERFECTLY WELL THAT THEY ARE
ACTIVELY HELPING IN THE
INVESTIGATION OF THE BOMBING IN
BOSTON.
>> Reporter: BUT THE MAN
VIDEOTAPED BY RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
WEARING A WIG SEEMS TO HAVE A
BACKGROUND THAT IS NOT SO
RIDICULOUS.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT
SCHOOLS WE CONTACTED, OFFICIALS
WHO LOOKED AT THESE PICTURES OF
HIM THIS IS LIKELY THE SAME RYAN
FOGEL WHO GREW UP NEAR ST.
LOUIS, WENT TO MARY INSTITUTE
AND ST. LOUIS COUNTRY DAY
SCHOOL, A PRIVATE INSTITUTION
THAT COSTS NEARLY $23,000 A YEAR
FOR THE UPPER GRADES.
FOGEL GRADUATED FROM MARY
INSTITUTE IN 2002 THEN ACCORDING
TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS HE WENT TO
COLGATE UNIVERSITY IN UPSTATE
NEW YORK.
THERE BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE WAS A
STRAIGHT ARROW AND AN ACHIEVER,
MEMBER OF A FRATERNITY THAT DOES
NOT ALLOW DRINKING IN ITS
HOUSES.
AND HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE
SENIOR HONOR SOCIETY, A
PRESTIGIOUS GROUP WITH ONLY 27
26 MEMBERS.
THE PROFESSOR SAID HE WAS A
STUDENT OF HIS IN A CLASS ON
NATIONAL SECURITY.
HE SAYS FOGEL'S INTEREST WAS IN
MID WILLING EAST POLITICS AND A
CLASS TRIP TO MEET DIPLOMATS
STANDS OUT.
>> RYAN WAS ESPECIALLY STRONG IN
THE WAY THAT HE POSED QUESTIONS.
HE WAS PREPARED FOR THE MEETINGS
THAT WE HAD WITH DIPLOMATS.
>> HE GRADUATED IN 2006 WITH A
DOUBLE MAJOR IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS.
BUT HIS APPARENTLY FAST TRACK
CAREER MAY HAVE HIT A SNAG.
INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS SAY IF HE
IS IN THE CIA, HE'LL NEVER BE
ABLE TO GO BACK TO RUSSIA AND
LIKELY WON'T WORK UNDERCOVER
AGAIN.