CNN Exclusive:
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon, according to four people familiar with recent US intelligence on the issue. Russia and China are focusing their efforts on recently fired employees with security clearances and probationary employees at risk of being terminated. At least two countries have already set up recruitment websites and begun aggressively targeting federal employees on LinkedIn