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As part of Edward Snowden's explanation of his radicalization he relates an anecdote of his work for the CIA in Switzerland. From the wiki page: Snowden descr
by jhayward 7y ago
As part of Edward Snowden's explanation of his radicalization he relates an anecdote of his work for the CIA in Switzerland.
From the wiki page:
Snowden described his CIA experience in Geneva as formative, stating that the CIA deliberately got a Swiss banker drunk and encouraged him to drive home. Snowden said that when the latter was arrested, a CIA operative offered to help in exchange for the banker becoming an informant.
Ueli Maurer, President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 2013, in June of that year publicly disputed Snowden's claims. "This would mean that the CIA successfully bribed the Geneva police and judiciary. With all due respect, I just can't imagine it
Everyone should feel free to apply their own judgement about the value of this anecdote.
Edit: I would regard kidnapping, rendition, and waterboarding as a "negative inducement", myself.