-- On 23 Jul 2004 at 12:40, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
Depends on whom. Often the money are the main motivation. Of course, your own country won't pay you as well as the other one, and will try to appeal to your "patriotism" like a bunch of cheapskates - it's better to be a contractor.
The Soviet Union was notorious for absurdly low pay, yet had no difficulty getting lots of servants. It cultivated a sense of identification. The CIA would give you a crate of money, a crate of guns, and some say a crate of cocaine. but the KGB would ask about your dental problems and arrange for a free dental appointment. If you were a key scientist or something, rather than just some regular guy, they would discover your sexual tastes or your tastes in art and send around a girl or boy to suite, or some art that probably could not be obtained by mere money, or perhaps a boy carrying some art. To the best of my knowledge no one EVER got any decent sized cash payment from the Soviet Union for any act of treason, no matter how crucial. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG TKc9QQNccF421kjpfih8YdB96RpYw17p3sjofelQ 4yBG3NNFrBGZu5Zy/GwjHsjbhkfnJhmOU2OYDAyFn