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Mr Kipling
Iran takes spying seriously. Was the $50k enough?
Peter14
Torture anyone long enough and they will say anything, admit anything even when they did nothing, just to get the pain to stop. They presented no proof other than a confession while under torture. A complete set up and an innocent man is dead. An example for other nations to follow? A horrific thought.
Yubaru
Really now? I've heard of "cherry-picking" but this? Take a look at the numbers to the "left" of the 50K, that is if you can.
Rodney
Spying, like terrorism has some career consequences.
u_s__reamer
The bloodlust of the mullahs is insatiable. I long for some future justice on earth before Iran's sadistic, sanctimonious black-robed tyrants go to the devil.
Laguna
Had an Iranian student once. He'd been contacted by a "company" in Colorado that my Net sleuthing connected with the CIA. "Not worth my life," he noted sagely. Fortunately, we're still in touch - and he is still alive in Iran.
Sometimes, being a language instructor goes beyond.
Desert Tortoise
The way you know this fellow was not a spy is this, any British spies in Iran are working under diplomatic cover and as a result have diplomatic immunity. Nations with spies operating inside an adversary nation do this so their spies cannot be arrested, tortured and executed. At worst they can be declared "persona non grata" and expelled. I do not think the Brits are foolish enough to send someone to a nation as hostile as Iran to spy without the protection of being part of their official diplomatic delegation.
RichardPearce
And you thought 'big data' was only of use to corporations trying to convince you to spend, and political parties trying to decide if they wanted you to vote.
But it can also be used to identify spies (though he would probably be deemed a 'source' by the intelligence officer who ran him) even if they've basically gone 'dark' (not in a position that gets access to sensitive information any more, but still someone who can provide a car, or a ro
Randy Johnson
u_s__reamerToday 03:58 pm JST
The bloodlust of the mullahs is insatiable. I long for some future justice on earth before Iran's sadistic, sanctimonious black-robed tyrants go to the devil
leftists/democrats will get there. You can bet on it.
Mr Kipling
Desert tortoise....
Partly correct but there have been numerous cases of journalists, academics, photographers, students, businessmen and tourists recruited as "spies". Its not all James Bond stuff.
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Hercolobus
Wow, serious punishment for betraying his motherland.
UChosePoorly
Score another one for torture! Close to a 100% confession rate.
Yubaru
This is more republican behavior than democrat's by far! Next we all will be seeing repub's in white hoods riding all over the place too! You can bet on it! Republicans have "blood lust" and "hate"
Desert Tortoise
He was a former Deputy Defense Minister and before that was part of a team that negotiated the end of the Iran Iraq war. He quit politics after his term as Deputy Defense Minister and moved to the UK where he took UK citizenship. I suppose anything else alleged is just an excuse to kill him. Some will say Iran was using his arrest and threat of execution to get favorable conditions out of the nuclear talks. Who knows if that is the case or not.
Desert Tortoise
Something we were taught in our POW training was that under torture everyone breaks. Everyone. Most crack in under an hour. They used to teach us "No John Wayne's because John Wayne's die".