> They can send their hitmen all over the world to kill dissidents without getting ratted out, but a little cable tapping is too much for someone to hold in? W

> They can send their hitmen all over the world to kill dissidents without getting ratted out, but a little cable tapping is too much for someone to hold in? Well, you have to account for the individual. Suppose this informant is an ethnic Russian working for the targeted company and was approached by Russian intelligence who presumed his ethnic ties would make him a sympathetic collaborator. They might have simply misjudged his character. And obviously an informant can only inform on things he's aware of. A tech worker might be approached as a collaborator for a tech espionage plot, while obviously never being told anything about polonium assassinations.