We already have privateering via Letters of Marque, so why not do unto others what they do unto you if reciprocity is normal in all areas? Of course, there’s a “DM = EM” tone to this “Who’s doing what to whom now?” & “What, no rules-based order social niceties?” argument…
The Case for Economic Espionage
America Should Spy On Foreign Companies to Help Its Own
The author was Deputy Director of the CIA from 2015 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025 and was Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence from 2011 to 2015.