<story><title>Homeland security workers indicted in scheme to silence China critics in U.S.</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/five-individuals-indicted-crimes-related-transnational-repression-scheme-silence</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syspec</author><text>&amp;gt; Miller granted consent and ultimately admitted that he had run the queries for Taylor and sent the results to Taylor via text message, and that Taylor had provided a gift card in return.&lt;p&gt;Wow it just blows.my.mind. that that is all it takes!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mariuolo</author><text>&amp;gt; Wow it just blows.my.mind. that that is all it takes!&lt;p&gt;Years ago a judge in southern Italy was in the news for having sold a case in exchange for groceries.&lt;p&gt;It looks petty, but it&amp;#x27;s actually shrewd: by accepting small gifts the crook feels he did only a small favour.</text></comment>
<story><title>Homeland security workers indicted in scheme to silence China critics in U.S.</title><url>https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/five-individuals-indicted-crimes-related-transnational-repression-scheme-silence</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syspec</author><text>&amp;gt; Miller granted consent and ultimately admitted that he had run the queries for Taylor and sent the results to Taylor via text message, and that Taylor had provided a gift card in return.&lt;p&gt;Wow it just blows.my.mind. that that is all it takes!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walrus01</author><text>gift cards, not just for offshore black market call centers running &amp;quot;Pay the IRS in gift card&amp;quot; scams anymore.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>