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Accountants and spies: the secret history of Deloitte’s espionage practice

December 20, 2016

By Eamon Javers, includes “… According to a person familiar with the operation, the two agents also spent a considerable amount of time in the men's and women's bathrooms — hiding out to avoid detection, and taking notes on conversations they overheard. … One person who participated in the operation said there was a reason why the odd mixture of accountants and CIA veterans worked for as long as it did inside Deloitte: excitement and money.  "Every accountant I met wished he was a CIA guy," the person said. "And every CIA guy I met wanted to make what an accountant makes." At least for awhile, they both got what they wanted.”

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