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

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CNN : China and Russia are trying to recruit federal employees angry about the Trump administration's mass layoffs as possible intelligence sources.

Foreign intel agencies are looking for recently fired workers with security clearances and current probationary staff at risk of being laid off with information about critical infrastructure and key details about the federal bureaucracy.

The White House and CIA as well as the Chinese and Russian embassies didn't comment.

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