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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by edm0nd on Thursday August 16, 2018 @10:14AM (#17774735)
That's why agencies like the FBl just raid people and then flip them into Confidential Human Sources (CHS). They dont have to pay them anything and use the threat of jail time in exchange for skills/information.
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Re:Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Ch... by EthanHeilman on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:08PM (#17775870)
... and they gain deniability if the sources do anything unethical which in turns gives them more leverage over the source.
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