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by privong 3409 days ago
> What are the chances of an agent being hired and then promoted to have access to an SCI file you're interested in?

I think the chances are higher if you expand the realm of interest to industrial espionage.
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ethbro 3409 days ago
Statistically, this seems like a better bet for using the agents.
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johansch 3409 days ago
Right. For instance, if you are China.. odds are you have agents in Google and Facebook, right now.
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nradov 3409 days ago
Maybe not full-time spies but Chinese intelligence almost certainly targets such organizations with their “thousand grains of sand” approach.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/05/a-new-kind-of-s...

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rdtsc 3409 days ago
Working in defense and talking to candidates who applied from China (graduated from M.S. programs at some US universities), I sometimes wondered if some who applied would be agents working for Chinese Intelligence services...
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johansch 3407 days ago
I can relate to that. I had my doubts about a former Chinese exchange student we hired. I was relieved when he made a very public display of anger against this 3d/globe thing we had to illustrate user activity because it happened to show Taiwan as a separate entity from China.

So I guess I can recommend that as a trigger... (Someone with a mission would have kept quiet, I think.)

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