EXCLUSIVE: In an attempt to gather more intelligence on Moscow and bring in more Russian assets, the FBI has been running a social media operation since February targeting Russians who might be willing to spy for the Biden administration.
on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google, according to ads seen by The Daily Beast and ad repositories maintained by the social media platforms. A source familiar said the Google ads are appearing on YouTube.
The operation is meant to lay out a vision for potential informants for how they can go about spilling Russian government secrets to the United States safelyThe campaign is particularly aimed at Russians who have access to classified information, according to one description of the video seen by The Daily Beast.
The effort to recruit Russians with access to intelligence was timed as domestic dissent against Russian President Vladimir Putin has bubbled up.The FBI is focusing its video-based recruitment efforts in the D.C. area and the Houston, Texas, area on Twitter in an attempt to recruit new informants. Video ads also appear in New York, New Jersey, California, Texas, Washington state, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, The Daily Beast has learned.
It’s not clear how much money the FBI has spent on the ads in total, as some of the information provided online appears to be incomplete. On Facebook alone, the FBI appears to have spent between $13,000 and approximately $14,600 on video ads, with a reach of between 2.4 million and 2.7 million impressions.The agency has been running the campaign since February, an official from the FBI Washington Field Office told The Daily Beast.
For Russians and other foreign officials who might want to help the United States spy on their motherland, motivations tend to fall in a few categories, ranging from financial troubles to disillusionment with the government.
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