Inside the KGB Playbook to Recruit Americans

RAW RECRUITING

An old Soviet field manual for spies tells us a lot about the mindset of today’s agents, and not only the Russians. Could an American president be the ultimate “dangle”?

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Published Jan. 7 2017 1:19PM EST

“In studying Americans, our Residency in Italy identified a number of places visited by Americans working in target installations of interest to our Intelligence Service.

Michael Weiss

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Inside the KGB Playbook to Recruit Americans

An old Soviet field manual for spies tells us a lot about the mindset of today’s agents, and not only the Russians. Could an American president be the ultimate “dangle”?

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Michael Weiss