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> Nor would it be surprising if he was a "spy" or even a double agent. It would be very surprising. How many spies and 'double agents' are there?

• forrestthewoods 2y ago
  > It would be very surprising. How many spies and 'double agents' are there? Talk to anyone who deals in sensitive matters and attends conferences and they will tell you the number of people trying to pry information is overwhelming. So the answer to your question is lots. A tremendous number of people, especially in academia, feed information to foreign governments. Not only is it not rare, but it's obnoxiously common for those who have to deal with it.
• BirAdam 2y ago
  Even “friendly” and “allied” nations spy on each other.
  • mmooss 2y ago
    That doesn't tell us about the proportion of spies in the population.
    • BirAdam 2y ago
      I meant to simply imply: “more than one might commonly assume”
• ctrlp 2y ago
  Many, many, many.
• suraci 2y ago
  > Approximately 7% of Chinese people are registered CCP members so in a rough estimate, if you have 10 chinese coworkers around you, there is over a 50% probability that CCP is watching you
  • blitzar 2y ago
    20% of US people are registered Republican members. If you have 10 US coworkers around you, there is over a 90% probability that GOP is watching you.
  • csb6 2y ago
    This is some of the worst use of statistics I have ever seen on this site. Genuinely something the John Birch Society or McCarthy would have said.