they ve existed for a long time in the west but i don t think so in the soviet union. that is an intelligence run government contractor. she s sort of the same thing the way the internet research agency was a suborganization contractor to the gru for information warfare. she i believe was a subcontractor intelligence collector who may have been handled by one or two different levels away from an actual svr or fsb officer. but she was tasked by someone to come out and do this within a circle of operations that appear to surround the entirety of the trump team. she s just one mission between her and alexander torshin to influence the nra, the republican party and to get to donald trump. like you said, real trained officerers, case officers of the svr would not have been able to get to donald trump and ask him a question. but civilian subcontractors can
clarify what i think the title of maria butina should be. since the fall of the soviet union there s a new category of intelligence collector and they ve existed for a long time in the west but i don t think so in the soviet union. this is a government run intelligence contractor. she s sort of the same thing the way the internet research agency was a sub organization contractor to the gru for information warfare. she i believe was a subcontractor intelligence collector who may have been handled by one or two different levels away from an actual svr or fsb officer. but she was tasked by someone to come out and do this within a circle of operations that appear to surround the entirety of the trump team. she s just one mission between her and alexander torshin to influence the nra, the to influence the republican party and to get to donald