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Yes, I was surprised when it resurfaced as news recently, having learned about it last millennium. I'm still not clear about what's new here (apart from the Swi
by himinlomax 5y ago
Yes, I was surprised when it resurfaced as news recently, having learned about it last millennium. I'm still not clear about what's new here (apart from the Swiss politics angle).
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThe political angle is pretty significant, it's basically stating the Swiss intelligence agencies were more loyal to the CIA and BND than their own government.
- 1cvmask 5y agoThere is no jail time for such a “crime”.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoNo, but it's reasonable to expect the Swiss government won't happily continue employing you.
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- himinlomax 5y agoYeah, sure, but why is it coming up 25 years later?
- makomk 5y agoAs I understand it, one of the things that was only discovered recently is that the Swiss intelligence services knew about this and kept their own government in the dark.
- makomk 5y agoWhat's new is that (amongst other things) evidence has come to light proving that they were literally owned by the CIA for most of their operational lifetime