[JumpCrisscross]

> another mainstream media publication shilling hysterical articles about Russia

Imagine if Germany found out that Rocket Internet, a large European venture capital firm, was actually CIA backed. It would be a scandal and a lot of people would need to, rightly, question whether they had been compromised.

The problem isn't solely the identity of the backer. It's the surreptitious deployment of state power deep into another country.

Disclaimer: Hypotheticals are hypothetical. I am not a lawyer. None of this is legal advice.

[creaghpatr]

It came out fairly recently that the US was bugging German politicians communication, and while there was mild outrage at the time it seems to have blown over without much consequence.

[revelation]

Compromised? Compromised the shoe retail business?

You are going to need some more meat other than James Bond language and a lot of money.

[ellius]

You don’t understand that states covertly use money to exercise power? I’m confused why you’re harping on that word unless you genuinely don’t understand what he’s getting at.