Description
Former CIA case officer Kevin Carroll talked about his piece for "The Dispatch" on Charles McGonigal, the former FBI official accused of taking secret cash payments from a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- CLIP #1: For what was Charles McGonigal accused and charged, according to the clip?
- CLIP #1: Summarize Kevin Carroll's background and experience with national security and corruption.
- CLIP #1: What "important position" did McGonigal hold through 2018? Describe the two indictments of McGonigal, as stated in the clip.
- CLIP #1: What is a "sanctioned Russia oligarch?" Why was Oleg Deripaska sanctioned?
- CLIP #1: What is the "accusation" of McGonigal's relationship with Deripaska?
- CLIP #2: According to Kevin Carroll, what are the national security implications of the situation? What is the "worst" of the situation?
- CLIP #2: What helped the government "break the case open," and what needs "attention and oversight?"
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Deputy US National Security Advisor on Sanctions Against Russia
- Video Clip: The Effectiveness of Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs
- Video Clip: Director of National Intelligence Testifies on National Security
- Bell Ringer: The Maintenance of Vladimir Putin's Power
- Bell Ringer: Economic Sanctions as a Tool for U.S. Foreign Policy
- Lesson Plan: Tools of Foreign Policy
Participants
Vocabulary
- Annexation Of Crimea By The Russian Federation (2014)
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Consulate
- Corruption
- Counsel
- Espionage
- Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Financial Disclosure
- Indictment
- Money Laundering
- Oligarch
- Sanction
- Secretary Of Homeland Security
- Special Agent
- Suburb
- Treasury Department
- United Nations
- Vladimir Putin