U.S. Intelligence Ramping Up Efforts On Russia

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Washington Post: As Russia reasserts itself, US intelligence agencies focus anew on the Kremlin

U.S. intelligence agencies are expanding spying operations against Russia on a greater scale than at any time since the end of the Cold War, U.S. officials said.

The mobilization involves clandestine CIA operatives, National Security Agency cyberespionage capabilities, satellite systems and other intelligence assets, officials said, describing a shift in resources across spy services that had previously diverted attention from Russia to focus on terrorist threats and U.S. war zones.

U.S. officials said the moves are part of an effort to rebuild U.S. intelligence capabilities that had continued to atrophy even as Russia sought to reassert itself as a global power. Over the past two years, officials said, the United States was caught flat-footed by Moscow’s aggression, including its annexation of Crimea, its intervention in the war in Syria and its suspected role in hacking operations against the United States and Europe.

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Update #1: US spy agencies divert resources from war on terror to focus on alleged Russian threat – officials (RT)
Update #2: US Intelligence Agencies Actively Ramping Up Operations Against Russia (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: It is interesting that this story breaks out just when the Pentagon and the intel community are being told by the White House to work with Russia on Syria .... Pentagon Officials Still Sceptical On Working With The Russians In Syria.