Jonathan Buma claimed Russian intelligence, GRU, actively ran special operations to influence top Silicon Valley figures like Elon Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Russia's top military intelligence agency targeted Elon Musk by exploiting the billionaire's alleged weaknesses for sex, drugs, and a lavish lifestyle, a former FBI agent has claimed.
The operation was reportedly greenlit by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself.
"They would not have done so if Putin had not personally known about the action and approved it," Jonathan Buma, who served 16 years as a counterintelligence officer, told German broadcaster ZDF.
He claimed Russian intelligence, GRU, actively ran special operations to influence top Silicon Valley figures like Musk and venture capitalist Peter Thiel. The tactics included gathering compromising material that could be used for blackmail.
"Musk's susceptibility to promiscuous women and drug use, particularly ketamine, were seen by Russian intelligence as an opportunity for an agent to exploit," Buma said in the documentary.
"There's a vast amount of evidence to support this fact," he said. "There is absolutely evidence for it."
Buma also claimed that Musk's interests in desert rave scenes like Burning Man, adult entertainment, and gambling were all seen by Russian security agencies as potential points of access to the billionaire.
According to Buma, it wasn't just the GRU acting alone. He alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself was behind the outreach to Musk and Thiel. "The envoys sent to contact both offered direct contact with Putin," Buma said.
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