Ah, Yes.

This CIA dude decided to push the envelope. Naturally in the Foreign Policy publication--naturally, because it publishes primarily sore losers and nincompoops with minimal serious military-strategic background. This is, BTW, one of the main reasons why I am not subscribed to this rug, while maintaining subscription to NYT and WaPo tabloids. They love to wet dream and push Overton Window there in FP. 

Would the U.S. Consider Assassinating Putin? When and why intelligence agencies target foreign leaders—and how it often backfires.

Even the title is a provocation and it is expected from the guy who went so clandestine, that he lost the touch with the reality and with the grasp of influence of modern technological advancements where shrinkage of CEP (Circular Error Probable) and peculiarities of modern targeting can deliver a considerable amount of high explosives with accuracy better than Amazon Prime delivery truck. But that's how it all degenerates nowadays in the West. In some sense--this is wet dreaming and self-mediation and, for the lack of better word, lack of class which is a feature of most people who teach incompetents in degree mills for the US "elites". So, I can imagine if tomorrow Russian publication comes out with similar headline, but this time "considering" assassination of de facto already barely alive POTUS--the shitstorm in D.C. will exceed all commonly accepted metrics. But here we are--the guy pushes Overton and that's the only thing which is left for them to do. In the end, these were these guys who wanted war in Ukraine--as always, their intelligence was crap and they need to self-medicate desperately. But I have to give the credit where the credit is due--the headline certainly attracted the attention, I am sure, of FSO and FSB. And possibly SVR and GU, just in case.