Ma1nta1n3r t1_jaaj4en wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:04 AM

You can say Russia,... it's not like everyone doesn't know.

If you want, just post pictures of their passports, intelligence agencies of the world love this. They get to see who they really are and what false passports they're using.

noes16 t1_jabtpd8 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:21 AM

Who they are and false passports? :) I agree that they use fake passports, but other than the basics, like height and gender, nothing else is real on the fake passports? Photos are nice, but they aren't searchable (without access to Russian databases, or previous encounters with foreign intelligence).

Syracuss t1_jabupdo wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:35 AM

You say that, but an entire spy ring got caught because they'd use consecutive passport numbers: https://thedebrief.org/russian-spy-successfully-infiltrated-nato-command-circles-reveals-stunning-report/

> Critically, Bellingcat and The Insider also exposed a massive GRU counterintelligence failure in that agency had been issuing consecutively numbered passports to its undercover spies. This meant that investigative journalists, foreign security agencies, or anyone for that matter, could acquire data frequently leaked onto Russia’s black market to uncover other embedded spies.

So it can be valuable, even when it's all fake