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2014-06-09 Fifth Column

Rooshuns targeted Snowden in 2007

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Posted by badanov 2014-06-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Maybe a combination of youth, inexperience, and massive responsibility/access?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-09 00:06|| 2014-06-09 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Because the Russians are thorough. They target everybody. They aren't bashful about fishing, and will trade a nibble between two or three recruiters to gain perspective. If they find out you've got anything resembling access, they start a folder, and begin planning whether they can 'play'. They've worked out a hierarchy of preferred targets (clerks and fixit types high on the list), with the emphasis on "know your source".

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-09 07:32|| 2014-06-09 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Boris Karpichkov, who fled Russia after 15 years serving with the KGB said Snowden had been identified as a potential defector as far back as 2007.

Karp defects to the UK in the late 1990's, but still has a handle on individual SVR source recruitment in 2007? Thanks Boris, enjoy your beans on toast. We'll be in touch.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 07:40|| 2014-06-09 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Ed nailed. Karp simply stated the obvious.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 07:42|| 2014-06-09 07:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Always wondered why Booz Allen handed him the 'Keys to the Kingdom' the minute he got there.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-06-09 11:00|| 2014-06-09 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 They plan to keep him for.... maybe 3 years. heh

MOAR

Posted by newc 2014-06-09 12:54|| 2014-06-09 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Who paid for his certifications?

Posted by Pappy 2014-06-09 12:59|| 2014-06-09 12:59|| Front Page Top

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