A new and very interesting social media campaign for HUMINT recruitment was published on the CIA's Youtube Channel. From a social engineering aspect, the video employs an interesting mix of empathy, history, and nostalgia, clearly targeting disaffected officials: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Poking the Bear: Social Media and Human Intelligence Recruitment

Recent CIA social media campaigns have shown how the past can be weaponised to encourage modern-day potential agents to work with the West. The UK’s intelligence agencies would do well to take note.