Eric Swalwell announcing gubernatorial run. (Wikimedia Commons)

MANY WASHINGTON SEX SCANDALS AGO, I asked a retired former head of FBI Counterintelligence what the bureau did when it discovered the KGB or other malefactors making inroads with a member of Congress. A couple of FBI agents, he said, would make a discreet visit to the Hill and let the member know that their new friend was actually a spy. Then it was up to him or her what to do about it.

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