This Is How the Russians Recruit You

by Guest Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:21 pm

In many ways, their job is akin to a job in sales: They must chase down leads and then try to close out a big deal. The meetings were so intense that afterward I would dry heave.

“Counter-intelligence is about psychology and ego.”
That’s what my FBI handlers would tell me over and over again. The goal was to play on the ego of the target to get them to do your bidding. Manipulation and countering Russian manipulation was what I did over and over again for most of my four years of operational work against Russian military intelligence as an FBI double agent.

My target—who thought that I was his target—was a skilled Russian military intelligence officer named Oleg Kulikov, assigned to the Russian Mission to the United Nations in New York City. Oleg was smart but he was also brash and arrogant, traits we used to manipulate and indeed control the relationship in what is known as “the game,” which the Russians play with gusto.
From Donald Trump Jr. agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer promising Clinton dirt to Jared Kushner’s request for “back-channel” communications, it’s clear how effective the Russians were at manipulating and building relationships with the individuals that they’d targeted.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-how-the-russians-recruit-you

by Original Quill Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:33 pm

Fascinating article.

This Is How the Russians Recruit You

This Is How the Russians Recruit You

In many ways, their job is akin to a job in sales: They must chase down leads and then try to close out a big deal. The meetings were so intense that afterward I would dry heave.

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