Elected Officials and Espionage

[timhunter at juno.com]

Yes, the world of espionage may intersect with the world of elective
politics.  There used to be a few books floating around (back in the
1960s) naming foreign intelligence services which had targeted and
manipulated elected officials in the US.  It may be that these sorts of
books no longer circulate because: 1.)  politicians now are more
virtuous; 2.) book publishers are under some sort of restraint.

When the US military went into Grenada it found a considerable amount of
material which seemed to depict US elected officials working closely with
foreign governments without authorization by the State Department.  Was
there a systematic study of the subject?  Was it published?  Cannot
recall.

Tim Hunter

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:41:42 -0800 Fred Feer <ffeer at earthlink.net>
writes:
> If the mere mention of Pollard qualifies this as an intelligence
> relevant item, I guess Florida vote counting rules did not set a low
> water mark on the scale of standards.
>
> >Wife Hillary is now Senator-elect from NY, a city beloved in the
> Promised
> >Land. ex-prez Clinton, of no political value, can't hurt the Al
> Gore
> >campaign.  No political risk, in the short term.
> >
> >Far-out idea #1: springing Pollard may earn Clinton honorary status
> as an
> >Israeli citizen (legal under US law, believe it or not.)
> >
> >Tim Hunter
>
> --
>
> Fred Feer



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