Treason - happening a bit too often.

[kluurs]

We all know what would have happened to this guy in WWII. Perhaps the old ways were the best.

[Mik]

Yeah, I have to agree. But I guess I'd settle for 42 years - one for each thousand dollars the CCP paid him.

[George K]

Somewhere I recall reading that most espionage in the US has been motivated by money, not by ideology.

$42K seems like a pretty measly payoff for that kind of risk.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Treason - happening a bit too often.:

Somewhere I recall reading that most espionage in the US has been motivated by money, not by ideology.

$42K seems like a pretty measly payoff for that kind of risk.

"Military intelligence" - putting the moron in oxymoron.

For that money he'd have been better off leasing a food truck.

[Renauda]

@George-K said in Treason - happening a bit too often.:

Somewhere I recall reading that most espionage in the US has been motivated by money, not by ideology.

$42K seems like a pretty measly payoff for that kind of risk.

Chump change in the scheme of things. I agree though more often than not, the motivation is money. Money to satisfy some personal vice is usually the root cause.

The ideologues like the infamous Cambridge Five or Pollard and even, Snowden are the rare birds in the game.

[George K]

Remember that Aldrich Ames was only caught because his spending habits were out of line with what a CIA analyst earned.

And even then, it took a while.

[taiwan_girl]

I posted in the "Podcast" thread about a recent podcast called "Agent of Betrayal" about Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent who passed secrets to USSR/Russia for many many years. Did it for money for sure. Actually just recently died while in prison in teh US "Supermax" prison on Colorado.