what people expect spies to look like vs what spies actually look like

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-dickson-yeo-who-spied-for-china-in-the-us-arrested-by-isd-upon-his-return

embarrassing tbh

a part of me kinda wishes we could strip him of his citizenship

but then I think about that a little bit more and everything gets murky and dark

citizenship is itself a touchy concept when you really get into it

ugh

this stuff is actually absolutely fascinating to read if you think about the broader optics

although of course most citizens won't care, but it's the kind of thing that might sway critical players

District Judge Tanya Chutkan is Jamaican-born, which is honestly, despite everything else, still one of the coolest things about America

hahaha I mean are ya'll reading this

I don't really follow international geopolitics twitter but I'm sure they must have had a field day discussing this

there are sooo many angles here

"depression and PSTD from his NS in Singapore"

"lonely, broke and floundering academically"

"Chinese gave him respect and dignity... he was unable to obtain from his effort at academia"

let's focus for a sec on what he actually did – he went online and looked for US military and govt employees who had sensitive info... and paid them to tell him stuff

that works? perhaps the Americans too are lonely, broke and floundering?

sighhhh, whatta world, lol

DicksonYeo: bro poast sensitive intel

patriot1776: no way dude

DY: pls im just trying to write my phd... i thot were frens

patriot1776: its against the law

DY: im floundering academically... nobody respects me. ill pay you $$.pretend i came up with it

patriot1776: promise?

lmao national security and intel appratuses are staffed by absolute doofuses

i'm sure *some* are competent and have proper opsec, but the world we live in is one where soldiers at secret installations out themselves by playing pokemon go

clown species https://twitter.com/darpyu/status/1344952792604057602