People are more likely to keep quiet when they are on the payroll, not after they are fired.
Suppose one or more of our intelligence agencies is compromised to some degree. If authorities wanted to stop investigations into human trafficking rings or child pornography, they wouldn't fire agents---they would assign compromised agents to do that work, make a few inconsequential arrests, and ignore the rest.
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People are more likely to keep quiet when they are on the payroll, not after they are fired.
Suppose one or more of our intelligence agencies is compromised to some degree. If authorities wanted to stop investigations into human trafficking rings or child pornography, they wouldn't fire agents---they would assign compromised agents to do that work, make a few inconsequential arrests, and ignore the rest.