There's absolutely nothing stopping the NSA/CIA from hiring a foreign national to work on their behalf, just like the DGSE could pay an American national in Pal

There's absolutely nothing stopping the NSA/CIA from hiring a foreign national to work on their behalf, just like the DGSE could pay an American national in Palo Alto. Whether those employees could operate domestically w/o breaking the laws of their spymaster, maybe not. It's sorta telling to me that Google decided to go encryption on all intra-data after Snowden. No doubt they would have been briefed by agencies that they cooperate with about what the exposures would be. It's more likely that whatever chipsets common across smartphones or routers is the point of exploit. So the NSA and Samsung or whomever have to have a private agreement. Apple/Google don't have a need to know, but you think a few engineers might be curious.