Well I watched the show “The Americans” on FX about this very topic, 2 KGB agents living as Americans. There was a character, ostensibly a Bernie Goldberg type former liberal turned conservative Reagan lover, he was a KGB asset. It’s just a TV show but it seemed pretty true to life.
I wonder if any of the original neocon leaders were Russian assets.
“I wonder if any of the original neocon leaders were Russian assets.”
Kevin Costner is. Oh wait, that was from the movie “No Way Out”. Sorry.
Yes, sure. But back to a topic NSA is not equal to both Stasi and KGB. And KGB is not > GRU, they are different organizations. First is a civilian and second is a military agencies. For example first is used to blackmail a politician in Washington, DC, second to kill a rebel leader in the middle of the jungle. If you are to look for an analogies in mass culture imagine James Bond and John Rembo. If they were working for a Russian government then first is a SVR dept of KGB and the latter is a GRU agent.
GRU operations is not near the scale of SVR operations.
GRU might be famous for an overnight Czech or Afghanistan (Storm-333 op) takeover but SVR has brought you militant feminism, war on poverty, great society, affirmative action, abortion, gay marriage etc. Incompetent millenials are a product of SVR subversion of the family and public education too.