Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups

[TomSea]

OK, if I read this right, the NYT does not find this out by some special investigation but because this case is already in the courts.

Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups
Mr. Prince, a contractor close to the Trump administration, contacted veteran spies for operations by Project Veritas, the conservative group known for conducting stings on news organizations and other groups.

Adam Goldman

By Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman

    March 7, 2020, 12:41 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda, according to interviews and documents.

One of the former spies, an ex-MI6 officer named Richard Seddon, helped run a 2017 operation to copy files and record conversations in a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers’ unions in the nation. Mr. Seddon directed an undercover operative to secretly tape the union’s local leaders and try to gather information that could be made public to damage the organization, documents show.

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Both operations were run by Project Veritas, a conservative group that has gained attention using hidden cameras and microphones for sting operations on news organizations, Democratic politicians and liberal advocacy groups. Mr. Seddon’s role in the teachers’ union operation — detailed in internal Project Veritas emails that have emerged from the discovery process of a court battle between the group and the union — has not previously been reported, nor has Mr. Prince’s role in recruiting Mr. Seddon for the group’s activities.

See more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/politics/erik-prince-project-veritas.html

[PeteS in CA]

Am I supposed to find the, "We shouldn't have gotten caught, especially by these guys," argument persuasive? Especially after Obama Administration FISA abuse?

[kidd]

Not the hardest job.

Hey, spies -
To get into John Podesta's computer, the password is 'password'

[Cyber Liberty]

Not the hardest job.

Hey, spies -
To get into John Podesta's computer, the password is 'password'

 

[PeteS in CA]

Not the hardest job.

Hey, spies -
To get into John Podesta's computer, the password is 'password'

Not "Hello"?