[clear_dg]

> What might be worse is it's quite possible Boeing is finding out through this reporting.

_If_ Boeing really is behind all this, they may well be unaware of the specific details, sure. But so what? This doesn't make them any less responsible. So I don't understand what makes this "worse".

[madrox]

I would personally find it distasteful if someone did something shady trying to further my interests and find out about it in the news, which is why I find it worse.

[clear_dg]

Call me cynical, but in my opinion, any company using the service of such agencies, have to know the possibility of abuses and unethical practices that might happen. They may even count on it, but with the great benefit that they now have plausable deniability.