NEW : U.S. State Department confirms an officer was briefly detained and released . The official said the incident occurred in a diplomatic vehicle that had been stopped at a checkpoint on the way to Damascus. It 's poor trade craft , and it looks like a setup to me , '' said Eric O'Neill . ` It looks like a set-up to me , '' says a former FBI counterintelligence officer . Ryan Fogle is declared `` persona non grata '' and ordered expelled from Russia . FSB : He was carrying `` special technical devices , '' lots of cash , wigs and dark glasses .
NEW : U.S. State Department confirms an officer was briefly detained and released . The official said the incident occurred in a diplomatic vehicle that had been stopped at a checkpoint on the way to Damascus. ` It looks like a set-up to me , '' says a former FBI counterintelligence officer . Ryan Fogle is declared `` persona non grata '' and ordered expelled from Russia . FSB : He was carrying `` special technical devices , '' lots of cash , wigs and dark glasses .