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Spies and Spying Part II: The Present and the Future

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Are You Trying to Get Social Approval?

The first it would be if you were seeking some kind of gain. Let's say an employee with top secret clearance at a nuclear facility. They decide to get that money by selling secrets, which is a real currency. Or they could even just be, not just e the idea of financial gain, it could be some kind of social gain. A relatively small sum of cash can prime a pump, and that leads to a deeper, increasingly dangerous revelation as they exchange more and more info for more and more money.

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