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Does this have any connection to the "Spygate"[0] story in the US?

* The facts of this story are still widely disputed beyond what the Wikipedia article shows.

It does not appear to be related. As a side note calling the US Spygate a 'conspiracy theory' on wiki seems a bit disingenuous. It'll all come out eventually and be interesting to see how history views those events... 'OCONUS lures', foreign intel collusion, information laundering through intel (push & pull) and all. It seems very fishy, looking forward to the release of the facts. From my rather deep research I'd put it more in the plausible but, unverified category rather than full blown 'false conspiracy theory'.

I agree that the article doesn't reflect the reality of the situation. One must understand that the Wikipedia acticle's content is controlled by gatekeeping-editors who collectively agree on what they want it to say. Trying to change the narrative there is an uphill, literally rigged battle.

I am also suspicious that reporting on this new "spygate" story might be an attempt to muddy the SEO waters.

It's a subset of the "Deep State" conspiracy theory, so it deserves them moniker.

I remember when we had a president that wasn't a conspiracy theorist.

Any chance you can expound on “your rather deep research”?

So far, my research, like Trump’s tweets, have surfaced no evidence.

No, this is about an ex-employee credit suisse spied on.

This behavior does not seem like something I would put beneath any large financial institution. The large sums of money at stake for them make the collateral/fallout of these types of scandals small in comparison.

Except in the context of Switzerland, and the Swiss banking / Zurich bubble specifically, this is absolutely a major scandal. What was once a 'pristine' banking organisation that upheld the highest standards and ideals (at least, in the private banking sector) is now significantly tarnished.

This isn't going to make mainstream press headlines, but I don't think this is going to go away anytime soon.

Does not appear to at a light skim thru, just may happen to have the same name...

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