• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Correct. Similarly, being an intelligence asset does not necessarily imply someone is taking orders or being paid. Asset is not an employee-employer relationship. It’s a tool, and the quid pro quo can take many forms.

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      3 months ago

      Asset is not an employee-employer relationship. It’s a tool, and the quid pro quo can take many forms.

      So just maybe it’s possible Putin would invite someone to come insult him in his own country for “Excessive militarism” and not have them through out of a window if that person was zero threat and could possibly cause chaos for an opponent?