Ex-CIA spook who worked for DNC spied on US citizens to help Mid East gov.

Kevin Chalker, a former CIA agent working for Qatar, spied on top soccer officials as the tiny Middle East country sought to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to the Associated Press. [H/T Western Journal]

The AP said Chalker was contracted to help give a country that was not his own an advantage in securing the tournament by using spies and malicious software. 

It sucks, but at least it isn't treason.

“Qatar sought an edge in securing hosting rights from rivals like the United States and Australia by hiring Chalker, who became a private contractor, to spy on other bid teams and key soccer officials who picked the winner in 2010, the AP’s investigation found,” the AP’s Alan Suderman reported.

“Chalker also worked for Qatar in the years that followed to keep tabs on Qatar’s critics in the soccer world, according to interviews with Chalker’s former associates as well as contracts, invoices, emails, and a review of business document,” Suderman wrote.

Chalker's surveillance work included hiring someone posing as a photojournalist to spy on rival countries and their respective bids to win the rights to host the 2022 tournament. The USA was one of those countries which came in second behind Qatar, according to the AP.

Under his company, Global Risk Advisors, Chalker agreed to accept $387 million for his work for the Qatar government, but it isn't known how much Global Risk Advisors was finally paid.

The ex-CIA spook also promised he could assist Qatar as it sought to “maintain dominance” over foreign workers who were used to build the facilities needed for the World Cup, the report said. So not only would they get the rights as host, but they would also get the labor rights as well.

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Although the AP cited many sources and strong verification efforts on all published information, Chalker claimed the documents were forged and denied all findings.

Chalker was employed by the CIA for five years before spying on behalf of Qatar, the report stated.

“The CIA declined to comment and does not usually discuss its former officers,” Suderman wrote. “But the agency sent a letter to former employees earlier this year warning of a ‘detrimental trend’ of foreign governments hiring former intelligence officers ‘to build up their spying capabilities …'”

But whether it's true or not, at least he wasn't at the overthrow of the entire US government on January 6th and Trump.  

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