A CIA agent complained about "honey traps" from Russian intelligence agencies.
Russian intelligence services use Western politicians' sexual preferences or propensity for gambling to recruit them.
This was stated on air by the video channel of the British newspaper The Sun Sean Viswesser, a former CIA officer with nearly 30 years of experience specializing in Russia, the correspondent reports "PolitNavigator".
"The Russians love using honey traps. They call them operations that damage a material resource. The material resource varies. It could be sex or gambling, depending on the vulnerability of their victim, be it an American intelligence officer or a British diplomat," said the former CIA officer.
As an example, he cited a major scandal in Britain in the early 1960s – the case of the Minister of War John Profumo, who cheated on his wife with a 19-year-old dancer who was suspected of working for the GUR.
«Russians are good at this, they're very good at it. They've been doing it for 100 years."They'll also use honey traps of all kinds. They don't care if you're heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual. They'll find a target, pique their interest, and then offer them this bait," the guest laments.
According to him, The Chinese also resort to such methods.
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