Cash, diamonds and Viagra: How the CIA recruits foreign spies

Recruiting a foreigner to spy for America is a delicate art. It requires a mixture of empathy, manipulation and usually some kind of compensation — and it isn’t always an envelope stuffed with cash.

Recruiting a foreigner to spy for America is a delicate art. It requires a mixture of empathy, manipulation and usually some kind of compensation — and it isn’t always an envelope stuffed with cash.

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