CIA Looking to Capitalize on Russian Disapproval of War to Gather Intelligence

  • 10 months ago
CIA Looking to Capitalize , on Russian Disapproval of War, to Gather Intelligence.
On May 16, the United States Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) posted a new recruitment video
online aimed at disaffected Russian citizens.
CNN reports that the CIA is trying to
capitalize on an "unprecedented" opportunity
to convince Russians to share state secrets.
That opportunity stems from
Russian opposition to the war in Ukraine
and disillusionment by life in Russia.
CIA officials have also pointed to Russia's crackdown
on oppositional voices, journalists and the number
of Russian soldiers dying on the front.
[Putin’s] military continues to suffer heavy losses and manpower and materiel. When he undertook a partial mobilization late last year far more Russians of military age fled the country than the Kremlin managed to round up and send to the front as cannon fodder, William Burns, CIA Director, April 2023 speech, via CNN.
[Putin’s] military continues to suffer heavy losses and manpower and materiel. When he undertook a partial mobilization late last year far more Russians of military age fled the country than the Kremlin managed to round up and send to the front as cannon fodder, William Burns, CIA Director, April 2023 speech, via CNN.
Disaffection with the war will continue
to gnaw away at the Russian leadership
beneath the steady diet of state
propaganda and practiced repression, William Burns, CIA Director, April 2023 speech, via CNN.
Disaffection with the war will continue
to gnaw away at the Russian leadership
beneath the steady diet of state
propaganda and practiced repression, William Burns, CIA Director, April 2023 speech, via CNN.
According to former CIA head of counterintelligence
James Olsen, the agency's latest efforts are
taking advantage of a unique opportunity.
There are a lot of disaffected Russians
out there now, they’re ashamed and
disgusted by what [Putin is] doing to
their brother and sister Slavs in Ukraine. , James Olson, Former CIA head of counterintelligence, via CNN.
He’s destroying Russia. He’s killing
Russian boys. And there are good
people in Russia, including intelligence
officers, who want to strike back, James Olson, Former CIA head of counterintelligence, via CNN

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