A former FBI agent has alleged that Russia’s GRU intelligence agency targeted tech billionaire Elon Musk for exploitation and offered him direct contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Former FBI Counterintelligence Special Agent Jonathan Buma stated that Russian intelligence had special operations to influence Silicon Valley tech CEOs such as Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel that included gathering damning information that could later be used as blackmail.

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    7 hours ago

    I’m not a diplomat, or a billionaire tech genius/idiot. I’m just the average fool but even I know not to fall for the honeypot.
    It’s a classic of the ages.

    It must be one of the oldest tricks in the book that’s been used for literally decades. If Felon Mucks fell for that old chestnut then, amazingly, he’s even more daft than I thought he was.