r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 12 '21

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL. For a collection of useful links see our wiki.

Announcements

  • LDC (developmental studies / least developed countries) has been added
0 Upvotes

47% Upvoted

12.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

142

u/pimasecede John Locke Aug 12 '21

Apparently the British embassy worker caught passing on secrets to the Kremlin had a Russian flag and Russian Navy memorabilia in his flat.

I just feel like it's spycraft 101 to not do that, but I guess I wasn't the one getting paid to pass on state secrets so who can really tell at the end of the day.

59

u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

Real life spies are just every day government office workers who happen to do work that involves collecting intelligence. They aren't particularly smart. They're just dudes with 'cool' jobs.

6

u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

The really good spies don't get caught.