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groveborn t1_iu2aqwj wrote

Reply to comment by DANBlLZERIAN in FBI probing ex-CIA officer's spying for World Cup host Qatar by redemption_time

Why? Legitimate question.

He didn't spy on the US, he was employed by a foreign country. He's effectively a P.I. using the skills he was given in service to his nation.

It's not betraying your nation simply by working for another.

We don't own him, he doesn't owe us.

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EmbarrassedHelp t1_iu2ly2w wrote

Some of these ex intelligence officers are using their skills to attack citizens of the US and its allies. For example: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-spying-raven/

> he had joined Project Raven, a clandestine team that included more than a dozen former U.S. intelligence operatives recruited to help the United Arab Emirates engage in surveillance of other governments, militants and human rights activists critical of the monarchy.

> Stroud and her team, working from a converted mansion in Abu Dhabi known internally as “the Villa,” would use methods learned from a decade in the U.S intelligence community to help the UAE hack into the phones and computers of its enemies.

> “I am working for a foreign intelligence agency who is targeting U.S. persons,” she told Reuters. “I am officially the bad kind of spy.”

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Cheap_Library5882 t1_iu3g8cz wrote

Yeah that's what the CIA does lol. Ever heard of a guy named Bin Laden? We're self-sustaining, our intelligence agencies train their own opposition lol.

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DANBlLZERIAN t1_iu2kdjh wrote

It literally says in the article they are looking into the fact that he may have influenced U.S policy

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groveborn t1_iu2lcjb wrote

Yes, but people do that constantly. Often at the behest of foreign nations. There's a registry for them to be on. Sometimes people don't get on it when they should, but failure to register as a foreign agent isn't a betrayal, it's a minor crime. It'll be akin to driving without a license.

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MSteele1967 t1_iu45wh4 wrote

"Driving without a license'. Whoa - huge understatement to say the least. If he has used his role/training as a CIA office against US interest he is a traitor and should be tried. Even if he had registered as a foreign agent.

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groveborn t1_iu5v5sr wrote

I don't think I'm in agreement, but it could be you mean something other than what I understand.

Dude isn't currently employed by the US, but is using his skills as an investigator to investigate people at the Olympics..

I'm not sure how that would be against the US interest. Also, speaking to lawmakers in an attempt to influence them - which is acceptable. He'd need to register as a foreign agent, but otherwise, not a big deal.

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MSteele1967 t1_iu5yykr wrote

I don't think you are understanding the situation as well as what limitations former gov employees with clearances are allowed to do and not do. He is not just some guy.

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