03/30/2012 | Pest Control

McFaul quickly took to Twitter and wondered publicly how the Russians are finding out about his private schedule.

“I respect the right of the press to go anywhere & ask any question. But do they have a right to read my email and listen to my phone?” he tweeted this afternoon.

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In Washington the State Department sought to downplay McFaul’s statements.

“I think it was simply a rhetorical question he was asking,” deputy spokesman Mark Toner said.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/us-ambassador-to-russia-suggests-his-emails-hacked-phone-tapped/