Summary
U.S. intelligence has found that Russia and China are actively recruiting recently fired or at-risk federal employees, particularly those with security clearances.
The effort coincides with the Trump administration’s mass layoffs in the federal workforce. Foreign intelligence officers are using LinkedIn and other platforms to identify potential recruits.
Officials warn this could expose critical U.S. secrets, but the administration has dismissed concerns.
Meanwhile, internal layoffs at the CIA and Pentagon may further increase vulnerabilities, with some terminated employees already challenging their dismissals in court.
Europe and Canada should be having a field day recruiting disgruntled employees.
The brain-drain is going to be serious in the US in the coming years if there is no civil war or world war.
I signed my non-US job offer today, I’m contributing to the brain drain
I hope so. Better them than Russia or China.