War in Ukraine enabled the US to recruit Russian spies - CNN

The war in Ukraine is a huge opportunity for American intelligence to recruit Russian spies. Now the CIA and the FBI do it even through social networks. The cruel invasion of Russia, which is ongoing, gave the US intelligence services a rare opportunity to recruit Kremlin insiders, which are dissatisfied with the beginning of the war and how it goes. CIA Director Bill Burns noted that "disappointment creates a unique opportunity for us" and they are open to cooperation. CNN writes about it.

"This business is to exchange information that the agent will provide for something he needs. We need people who have some idea of ​​the [Russian] leaders and what they try to achieve," David McClosky said, a former CIA officer and the author of the book "Moscow X". Work on recruiting spies in the ongoing Russian Federation is not a state secret.

The CIA was placed on social networks by Russian -language videos that appeal to patriotism of dissatisfied Russians who have access to information that can be useful for the US. These efforts emphasize the evolution of the intelligence service, which has historically fulfilled its important mission to counteract the threats of national security and inform politicians under the cover of secrecy.

Indeed, until 1973, the internally unpopular and short-lived CIA Director James Schlesinger finally laid a sign on the highway, indicating the location of the headquarters of the super-secret organization in Virginia, even its location was hidden from the public. Nowadays, the Spy Agency is not only widely present on social networks, but also actively uses its newly consumed public presence to achieve one of the main goals of the CIA: recruiting foreign spies for theft of secrets.

Spies in the Russian Federation are looking for advertising information containing step-by-step instructions for potential Russian informants on how to avoid identifying Russian security services with virtual private networks, or VPN, and the TOR web browser, to anonymously and encryption from the CIA. The FBI has made similar efforts to recruit sources in the Russian government, including geohargeting advertising on social networks on phones located near the Russian Embassy in Washington.

"This is a direct appeal is an unusual approach, but it can be effective in the cover of the Russian population, which has little opportunity to express his dissatisfaction," said Douglas London, a former CIA residence leader who worked abroad. According to him, Russians who are dissatisfied with corruption and abuse sanctioned by the state and have no opportunity to act openly, there is little alternatives other than finding external support.

As in the Cold War of the past, espionage remains a vital tool for both sides of the last conflict, as evidenced , expanding operations throughout Europe. Although espionage is forbidden in all countries of the world, and agents undercover were definitely used for dubious purposes, such as sabotage, murder and election interference, a historically important function of espionage was and the desire to reduce uncertainty and miscalculations among potential opponents who have nuclear opponents.