3 ms·

That's not how bribery works. > is to find something they are really really embarrassed about I don't think NSA needs to employ high school level tactics. If

by korzun 12y ago

That's not how bribery works. > is to find something they are really really embarrassed about I don't think NSA needs to employ high school level tactics. If they want to pin something, they will. True or not.

madaxe_again 12y ago
Oh boy. Oh yes it is. You don't bribe someone for information unless you have dirt on them, otherwise there's nothing to stop them turning traitor on you. If you don't have dirt on them, you just invent some. Doesn't matter. People don't fact-check - if the media says it, it must be true.
- korzun 12y ago
  > You don't bribe someone for information unless you have dirt on them That's not a bribe. Learn the difference between strong-arm tactics such as blackmail and bribes. Two completely different approaches.
  - madaxe_again 12y ago
    The two almost always go hand in hand, unless you're talking about bribing a traffic cop - which we're not. Patronising dickhead.
    - korzun 12y ago
      Touched a nerve kiddo? Link me to a case where NSA/CIA/FBI blackmailed AND worked with / gave money to an individual at the same time.
      - madaxe_again 12y ago
        Still a patronising dickhead? The CIA typically recruit through a combination of carrot and stick - i.e. bribery and blackmail. "Hey dude, let me tell you about this sweet slightly dodgy thing I can get you in on." ... ... "Oh by the way, I hope you like all that money you made. I work for the CIA. Work with us or go to jail, your call." More commonly than not it's not about self-preservation, rather protection of loved ones - read up on Operation Mockingbird, which was driven pretty much entirely on this basis - luring journalists in with a subtle bribe hook, then using it to blackmail them.
        korzun 12y ago
        > read up on Operation Mockingbird Did you read anything I posted? In what instance was somebody bribed AND blackmailed at the same time during the Mockingbird? Please go back to Wikipedia and try again.
        deleted 12y ago
        [deleted]
        madaxe_again 12y ago
        Not sure why I'm even engaging with you. Go back to your military contracting job and keep your head down.

by korzun 12y ago

madaxe_again 12y ago

Oh boy. Oh yes it is. You don't bribe someone for information unless you have dirt on them, otherwise there's nothing to stop them turning traitor on you. If you don't have dirt on them, you just invent some. Doesn't matter. People don't fact-check - if the media says it, it must be true.

korzun 12y ago
> You don't bribe someone for information unless you have dirt on them That's not a bribe. Learn the difference between strong-arm tactics such as blackmail and bribes. Two completely different approaches.
- madaxe_again 12y ago
  The two almost always go hand in hand, unless you're talking about bribing a traffic cop - which we're not. Patronising dickhead.
  - korzun 12y ago
    Touched a nerve kiddo? Link me to a case where NSA/CIA/FBI blackmailed AND worked with / gave money to an individual at the same time.
    - madaxe_again 12y ago
      Still a patronising dickhead? The CIA typically recruit through a combination of carrot and stick - i.e. bribery and blackmail. "Hey dude, let me tell you about this sweet slightly dodgy thing I can get you in on." ... ... "Oh by the way, I hope you like all that money you made. I work for the CIA. Work with us or go to jail, your call." More commonly than not it's not about self-preservation, rather protection of loved ones - read up on Operation Mockingbird, which was driven pretty much entirely on this basis - luring journalists in with a subtle bribe hook, then using it to blackmail them.
      - korzun 12y ago
        > read up on Operation Mockingbird Did you read anything I posted? In what instance was somebody bribed AND blackmailed at the same time during the Mockingbird? Please go back to Wikipedia and try again.
        deleted 12y ago
        [deleted]
        madaxe_again 12y ago
        Not sure why I'm even engaging with you. Go back to your military contracting job and keep your head down.