shockedcanadian
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I don't think they ever recovered after some mole within the intelligence community in the Obamas administration ensured many spies in China would go dark. Any method is viable as long as it is effective. Some leaders inspire patriotism, others do not. Everyone pays the price when they don't.
Certainly these nations governments will send double agents to reach out to the U.S with such an easy application process but all they have to do is work on the premise of it being a numbers game, just as China themselves do. With long distance communication, as long as they don't replicate the same methods and compartmentalize the process they can protect the true agents they recruit, hopefully wean out the false ones who will be operating in China anyways.
With India joining the growing list of nations not confident in the U.S future and a future Harris/Walz being far less effective at calling out and confronting China, the West is going to be in a very precarious situation over the next four years in my opinion.
www.ctvnews.ca
The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.
The premier U.S. spy agency posted instructions in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on its accounts on X, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn and the Dark Web on how to contact it securely, a CIA spokesperson said in a statement.
"Our efforts on this front have been successful in Russia, and we want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we're open for business," the spokesperson said, adding that the CIA was adapting to increased state repression and global surveillance.
A Mandarin-language video posted to YouTube featuring only written instructions advised individuals to contact the CIA via its official website using trusted encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or the TOR network.
"Your safety and wellbeing is our foremost consideration," it said.
It asked for individuals' names, locations, and contact details not associated with their real identities, along with information that could be of interest to the CIA, cautioning that responses were not guaranteed and could take time.
Certainly these nations governments will send double agents to reach out to the U.S with such an easy application process but all they have to do is work on the premise of it being a numbers game, just as China themselves do. With long distance communication, as long as they don't replicate the same methods and compartmentalize the process they can protect the true agents they recruit, hopefully wean out the false ones who will be operating in China anyways.
With India joining the growing list of nations not confident in the U.S future and a future Harris/Walz being far less effective at calling out and confronting China, the West is going to be in a very precarious situation over the next four years in my opinion.
CIA expands online recruitment of informants to China, Iran, North Korea
The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.
The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.
The premier U.S. spy agency posted instructions in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on its accounts on X, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn and the Dark Web on how to contact it securely, a CIA spokesperson said in a statement.
"Our efforts on this front have been successful in Russia, and we want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we're open for business," the spokesperson said, adding that the CIA was adapting to increased state repression and global surveillance.
A Mandarin-language video posted to YouTube featuring only written instructions advised individuals to contact the CIA via its official website using trusted encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or the TOR network.
"Your safety and wellbeing is our foremost consideration," it said.
It asked for individuals' names, locations, and contact details not associated with their real identities, along with information that could be of interest to the CIA, cautioning that responses were not guaranteed and could take time.
