Universal Intelligence

It may surprise many Americans to know that the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB), the Soviet Union’s foreign intelligence service, still holds significant power today in the form of its successor. After confidential interviews with various intelligence agencies, Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB counter-intelligence agent, defected to the United States on February 8th, 1970. He was eventually granted asylum in Canada. The KGB’s successor, the Federal Security Service (FSB), now serves as Russia’s premier foreign intelligence agency, much like the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the United States.

According to the KGB’s post-World War II analysis, the United States could only be defeated from within. The KGB realized that confronting the U.S. economy and military head-on was not feasible as they were interdependent. To undermine the United States, the KGB devised a long-term strategy involving various operations with plausible deniability. In an interview, KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov revealed that the agency employed psychological warfare, denial, and deceit to create distrust in institutions that uphold democracy, such as popular media, courts, and federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). By destabilizing these core institutions, the KGB aimed to weaken the fabric of democracy and cause disorder, chaos, and distrust. These tactics were implemented decades ago, but the FSB has now taken them to a new level by using algorithms prevalent in social media applications and websites to exploit the freedoms of democracy. The success of these tactics is evident in events like the 2016 and 2020 elections and the 6 January 2021 insurrection.

Nowadays, people in the United States distrust their government due to the nefarious intentions they believe it has. However, bots, advertisements, and targeted feeds are the true enemy, as foreign entities can exploit them for state-sponsored agendas. While companies like Meta may use these tactics for generating revenue, foreign intelligence services target wider audiences through psychological echo chambers. This leads to a situation where the freedoms we cherish are being misused to limit our exposure to diverse perspectives, and people are gradually being shown only what they are subconsciously inclined to see and hear.


(During the election cycles of George W. Bush and Barrack H. Obama, it is crucial to consider whether the political sphere was significantly influenced by traditional media or social media.

This excerpt brings awareness and only includes a partial assessment.)