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Asset. Spies work directly for Russian military intelligence. Assets are the ones they control.
by hnmonkey 8y ago
Asset. Spies work directly for Russian military intelligence. Assets are the ones they control.
- tw04 8y agoHow exactly do you know he isn't working directly for Russian intelligence?
- hnmonkey 8y agoGood question. I don't. But it's much more unlikely that he'd be an actual Russian intelligence employee since they're usually Russian I think. The more simple answer is that he's just being run by them through money, blackmail, extortion, or some other leverage. Why employ someone when you can just get them to do what you want with simple threats?
- Iamhisalt 8y agoSeth Rich was a Russian spy too.
- thrower123 8y agoStill curious what actually happened there, and who "mugged" him...
- hnmonkey 8y agoDo you have evidence of this from a credible source? If so, I think it would be a hell of a scoop.
- pcwalton 8y agoOh, please. Let this ridiculous conspiracy theory die already. There is absolutely no evidence that Seth Rich was anything more than a mid-level DNC employee who was the tragic victim of a robbery gone wrong.
- ryanlol 8y agoI’m sorry, but this sounds really crazy. Why would Russian intelligence need to “run” Assange through some kind of leverage? What exactly makes you think this? His hatred towards the US goes back a very long time and has certainly only grown stronger given how he’s been treated.