"The United States has seized control of three Russian diplomatic posts after confirming the Russians had complied with the Trump administration's order to leave within two days, officials said....
Russia had been told on Thursday to close its San Francisco consulate, and annexes in New York and Washington, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow. ...
The US also plans to search apartments in San Francisco used by Russian diplomats and their families, she said - those families would have to vacate their homes for 10 to 12 hours so officials could search.....
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/w ... 12253.html
My commentary : surely the Russian personnel were burning sensitive documents [ of which every diplomatic representation has its share ]. Probably, they knew of the fiasco when the US Embassy in Tehran was seized by militants in 1979. American diplomats hastily shredded every diplomatic cable in sight. However, intrepid Iranian students spent literally thousands of hours painstakingly reassembling every one of those papers. The Iranian government published a thick volume or two of these documents for anyone in the world to read. Very embarrassing for the US.
From another article :
"One of those being forced to get out is reportedly the chef, who apparently prepared one last party buffet for the consulate on Friday [September 1, 2017]"
Was the chef suspected of tampering with the food of the Consulate's guests, such as American and foreign officials - ?!
