How Russia recruits its US spies

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/15/politics/russia-spy-recruitment-tactics-fbi-carter-page/index.html?sr=twCNN041717russia-spy-recruitment-tactics-fbi-carter-page1228PMVODtopLink&linkId=36574972

Washington (CNN)It is a scene ripped from Hollywood spy thrillers: Russian agents living and working among everyday, American citizens as cover for their true mission of stealing state secrets.

In the real world, it is highly unlikely that your neighbor, coworker or mailman is actually a clandestine Russian operative working under a false identity. But that certainly does not mean the art of espionage has gone out of style in the world of international intelligence gathering, particularly between the United States and its former Cold War foe
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Amid all of the accusations and speculation pouring out of the investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, the notion that foreign spies are using old-school tactics and personally recruiting agents to divulge sensitive information is actually widely accepted among intelligence officials.

There is no doubt that the rise of information warfare and cyberespionage has changed the spy game in the years since the Cold War. But the playbook on how to target, recruit and manipulate sources has generally stayed the same.

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[liberalhistorian]

1. Can someone PLEASE explain to me

WTF reason white males possibly have to be "disaffected"? Seriously. Unless "disaffected" stands for not being completely in charge anymore and not being able to push women and minorities around anymore.

[PoliticAverse]

2. The word "disaffected" actually appears nowhere in the CNN article. n/t