Exclusive: The FBI is running Facebook ads targeting Russians in Washington
The FBI is running ads on Facebook in the Washington DC area seemingly designed to target and recruit Russian spies as well as those who know about their work, CNN has learned.
One ad seen by CNN features a stock photo of a young woman at her graduation with her family. Russian text overlaid on the image reads, "For your future, for the future of your family."
Another shows a picture of a chess set, with Russian text that translates to, "Isn't it time for you to make your move?"
And another includes a drawing of a man walking over a bridge, with a Russian caption that reads, "Time to draw bridges."
Some of the Russian in the ads is awkwardly phrased or contains typos -- an indication they may not have been written by a native Russian speaker.
The ads direct to a page on the FBI Washington DC field office's website that has details in English and in Russian about the counterintelligence team and the address of the FBI field office in the city, "visit us in person," it reads.
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