How to Recruit a Spy

It's no secret. Recruiting a spy is as easy as M.I.C.E. Michael V. Hayden, former head of the CIA, wrote in his book, Playing to the Edge, spies are recruited through Money, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego.

Prime targets are those:

• who need money because they can't pay their gambling or other debts,
• who believe their country's system of government relies on a bankrupt ideology,
• who can be blackmailed (compromised) because they harbor sexuality, stealing, or other secrets they want to hide,
• who have bruised egos because they feel they have been unfairly fired, passed over for a promotion, or ignored even though they are smarter than everyone else.

Conversely, if you don't want to be recruited as a spy, don't fall into these traps.