Well, of course they do. Knowing who to bribe, what they're selling,
and how much they're charging can be really valuable for
"national security" interests - not only lets you bargain down your
bribery payments, but occasionally lets you use blackmail to get
stuff for free :-)
>Former CIA Director Says US Economic Spying Targets "European Bribery"
>Duncan Campbell 12.03.2000
>
>"We have spied on that in the past. I hope ... that the United States
>government continues to spy on bribery."
...
>He claimed that economic spying was justified because European
>companies had a "national culture" of bribery and were the "principle
>offenders from the point of view of paying bribes in major
>international contracts in the world".
Thanks!
Bill
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