Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
Pitching takes a lot of time and tradecraft. I'm not sure the type of tradecraft geared towards exploiting greed is in AQ's skill set. Certainly, they have cornered the market on pitching on ideology grounds. Paying a screening clerk a few thousand dollars to get someone in the back door of an airport is child's play when the target has bills to pay or a lifestyle to maintain.
Maybe, maybe not. Paying somebody money on a regular basis is something that's potentially visible to intelligence and law enforcement. KGB has the capabilities and tradecraft to make those hard to see. AQ doesn't.