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Jason Ma

Foreign adversaries are seeking federal workers angry about Trump's layoffs as potential intelligence sources, report says

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  • Chinese and Russian intelligence agencies are looking for disgruntled former or current federal workers as possible sources, according to CNN. The effort comes as the Trump administration continues with its plans for mass layoffs, some of which it has tried to quickly reverse after discovering workers' national security roles and knowledge of secret information.

Foreign adversaries like China and Russia are trying to recruit federal employees who are angry about the Trump administration's mass layoffs as possible intelligence sources, according to CNN.

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