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In fact, once the content and data are liberated, there is no reason to assume it is well-protected from criminal access. Personal facts that are not directly incriminating are often just as valuable for extortion. Those facts need not be about you, to affect you. They could be about a federal judge's brother.

As extortion is the central procedure of spycraft, people trained in its use by the government also have access to the "goods". Criminal intent is no bar to employment by Booz Allen, or by NSA or FBI proper, never mind Russian GRU or FSB or their Chinese counterparts.

Extortion works for anybody.