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| Rooshuns targeted Snowden in 2007 | |
| 2014-06-09 | |
 Via Weasel Zippers The UK Daily Mail. Doing the work American media outlets won't do. Russian spies 'tricked' US whistleblower Edward Snowden into asking Moscow for asylum by posing as diplomats after spending six years targeting him, a former major in the KGB has claimed. 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.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 Who paid for his certifications? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-09 12:59 |
| #6 They plan to keep him for.... maybe 3 years. heh MOAR |
| Posted by: newc 2014-06-09 12:54 |
| #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 |
| #4 Ed nailed. Karp simply stated the obvious. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-09 07:42 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1 Maybe a combination of youth, inexperience, and massive responsibility/access? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-09 00:06 |