> What you are describing is conspiracy-theory thinking or the kind of stuff you see in James Bond movies. Not real life.

This is literally a state actor running sexpionage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexpionage).

Yes, this is real sexpionage. Not the Hollywood fantasy described upthread. The scenario described is not what has played out in reality.

	▲	ai_critic 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What part of that struck you as fantasy? Again, this isn't some low-level clerk that just needs a handjob or some Grindr kompromat--this is the CEO of the second largest company in the world by market cap. Is it the assertion was that they'll do research on you (which is why having a gambling problem, large debts, or lying during a clearance interview is an issue)? Is it the assertion that they'll pick a very pretty woman instead of some plain-looking one (which is why historically the NKVD recruited from theater and ballet schools)? The "Hollywood fantasy" is real, it just happens in a vanishingly small set of cases. For a truly bizarre version (even stranger than this!), see the case of Shi Pei Pu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Pei_Pu).