The rest of the world needs to coerce or offer money, and the CIA just needs to offer a US visa and already convinces enough people with that
America is the GOAT
That's NOT why. US Intelligence generally avoids coercive methods of recruiting foreigners to spy for us, and has for a long time. They're not needed. CIA's dirty little secret is that the the majority of its valuable assets are walk-ins, what Russians call "volunteers": foreigners who show up at a US diplomatic facility or similar seeking to pass/sell secrets. They come to us.
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