[dagav]

Literally every intelligence service does this, they're called "assets"[1]. Right and wrong isn't as black and white as you may think.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_(intelligence)

[pboutros]

I think blackmailing someone in the closet is almost always wrong -- I'm sure there's some contrived edge case that could be thought of, but as a whole, it's never okay.

Just because most / all intelligence agencies do something doesn't mean it's okay. It's unambiguously wrong.

[diebeforei485]

Other intelligence services do not do this to people they have subjugated.

It is roughly equivalent to if the CIA did this to Black Americans pre-1965.

[selimthegrim]

Bayard Rustin (who was pro-Israel btw) would like a word