From asset payments to bribes to operational gifts, timepieces play a small yet impactful role in intelligence operations
The core job of a CIA Case Officer is to recruit human assets by building relationships with targets and convincing them to provide Foreign Intelligence on their government or organization to further US National Security interests. The trade is not for the faint of heart. In return, assets are compensated with cash, favors, and other stores of value, sometimes including luxury watches from brands like Rolex, Audemars Piguet, and Patek Philippe.
In this video, we’ll explore the intriguing roles watches play in espionage. Because in the wilderness of mirrors, a watch is never just a watch.
Enjoy episode forty-one of W.O.E. TV.
Happy Hunting,
-W.O.E.
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Lucas – Klaus Barbie. He was not a operative of the CIA, the CIA used him as a tool not a friend.
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, chief of the Gestapo in Lyon, was nicknamed the “Butcher of Lyon” for his brutal actions against Jews in France. He fled to Bolivia in South America and became a very important asset, working directly for the CIA during the Cold War.