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发帖数: 22064 | 1 Advice for U.S. College Students Abroad Be Aware of Foreign Intelligence
Threat
04/14/14
Three years ago, Glenn Duffie Shriver, a Michigan resident and former
college student who had studied
in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was sentenced to federal prison in
the U.S. for attempting to
provide national defense information to PRC intelligence officers. (See
sidebar for more on the case.)
According to the Institute of International Education, more than 280,000
American students studied
abroad last year. These experiences provide students with tremendous
cultural opportunities and can
equip them with specialized language, technical, and leadership skills that
make them very marketable to
U.S. private industry and government employers.
But this same marketability makes these students tempting and vulnerable
targets
for recruitment by foreign intelligence officers whose long-term goal is to
gain
access to sensitive or classified U.S. information. Glenn Shriver—prodded
by
foreign intelligence officers into eventually applying for U.S. government
jobs—cited
his naivety as a key factor in his actions.
The FBI—as the lead counterintelligence agency in the U.S.—has ramped up
efforts to educate American university students preparing to study abroad
about
the dangers of knowingly or unknowingly getting caught up in espionage
activities.
As part of these efforts, we’re making available on this website our Game
of
Pawns: The Glenn Duffie Shriver Story video, which dramatizes the
incremental
steps taken by intelligence officers to recruit Shriver and convince him to
apply
for jobs with the U.S. State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.
We’d
like American students traveling overseas to view this video before leaving
the U.S.
so they’re able to recognize when they’re being targeted and/or recruited.
How do foreign intelligence officers routinely interact with students?
Foreign intelligence officers don’t normally say they work for
intelligence services when developing relationships with
students—they claim other lines of work.
■Intelligence officers develop initial relationships with students under
seemingly innocuous pretexts such as job or internship opportunities,
paid paper-writing engagements, language exchanges, and cultural
immersion programs.
■As relationships are developed, the student might be asked to perform a
task and provide
information—not necessarily sensitive or classified—in exchange for
payment or other rewards,
but these demands grow over time.
■Intelligence officers might suggest that students—upon completion of
their schooling—apply for
U.S. government jobs (particularly for national security-related agencies).
■What can students to protect themselves while studying abroad?
Be skeptical of “money-for-nothing” offers and other opportunities that
seem too good to be true,
and be cautious of being offered free favors, especially those involving
government processes
such as obtaining visas, residence permits, and work papers.
■Minimize personal information you reveal about yourself, especially
through social media.
Minimize your contact with people who have questionable government
affiliations or who you
suspect might be engaged in criminal activity.
■Properly report any money or compensation you received while abroad on tax
forms and other
financial disclosure documents to ensure compliance with U.S. laws.
■Above all, keep your awareness level up at all times. “A keen awareness,
” said Glenn Duffie Shriver in a
warning to other students, “is the most powerful weapon [against being
recruited].”
And when you return to the U.S., report any suspicious activity to your
local FBI office. You can also
contact your local U.S. Embassy or Consulate while abroad. |
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