Quoth Jim D re a seeming peculiarity of the espionage market:
> I really can't believe that Army sergeant who, while working for the US
> National Security Agency, allegedly sold secrets to the USSR for a mere
> $60,000 (because he was angry and impoverished by his divorce settlement).
> That's an awfully low price! Given the Cold War's role in inducing the old
> USSR to demand large numbers of "Western" spies, the supply of spies must
> have been quite large to keep the price so low. ...................
Not necessarily, Jim; that might have been all - and very wisely - that
the Soviets were willing to give a spy who was merely on the take: it can
be considered a negative investment in keeping such people out of prison.
If you're NSA, suddenly buy a house for cash and show up at the office
in a Bentley, the Feds will examine lots more than just your tax returns.
v.
