“What do Americans have to pay for if we give them everything they ask for?”
Two agents in Spain’s CNI were caught pulling classified files they had no need to see. One, an area chief, took a large sum from U.S. officers at the Madrid embassy. The ambassador said she knew nothing and blamed a program older than the current administration. Spain says it has refused Washington information “between one and zero” times. Washington paid for secrets its ally already hands over for free.