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Book shows Putin broke unwritten rule with plot to kill defector on U.S. soil: NYT - Rachel Maddow
Marc Polymeropoulos, a former C.I.A. officer, talks with Rachel Maddow about the significance and implications of new revelations in a book, confirmed by the New York Times, that Vladimir Putin sought to assassinate on U.S. soil a former spy who had defected to the U.S., breaking a norm of relations between the U.S. and Russia. - Aired on 06/19/2023.
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And we never did learn what was discussed when they met in Helsinki. 
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