An inconvenient sleuth  By Carroll Colley  Washington is on the
verge of completing an improbable trifecta in U.S.-Russian
relations. In August, the Obama administration helped guide
Russia across the finish line for World Trade Organization
membership. Congress is now fast tracking an end to the Jackson-
Vanik amendment, a piece of Cold War-era legislation that ties
trade policy to human rights, and one that has remained a bone
of contention between Moscow and Washington for more than twenty
years. Finally, Congress is also about to establish "permanent
normalized trade relations" with Russia.  So why are relations
on the verge of a potentially serious turn for the worse-and
perhaps a reassessment of the "reset" in U.S.-Russian relations?
Because this legislation will also include the so-called
Magnitsky Act, which publicly rebukes the Kremlin for its poor
human rights record.  Sergei Magnitsky, an attorney
investigating a corruption case involving tax fraud charges
against a UK-based investment firm, announc