Yesterday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry gave the United States a protest note, accusing an American diplomat of spying, and telling her to leave the country, this according to the ITAR-TASS news agency. The State Department has confirmed “an incident” involving one of its diplomats has taken place, but gave no further details. The Embassy confirmed an employee by that name worked in the political section, but declined further comment. Russia said that on Tuesday it had caught the diplomat red-handed attempting to obtain military secrets from a Russian citizen and bearing a collection of spy gadgets to thwart detection. It hoped the incident would not harm its already-strained relations with the United States.