Video: How ‘Daniel’ Led Our Reporters to an Meeting Line for Russian Spies

For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, often called illegals. They began companies, made pals and had amorous affairs — occasions that, over a few years, grew to become the constructing blocks of totally new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Occasions, talk about one case.