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In reply to the discussion: Report: NSA spied on Merkel’s predecessor too [View all]marble falls
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Some CIA assets went on to lead their countries Vietnamese strongman Ngo Ding Diem, Congolese despot Mobuto Sese Seko and former Chilean President Eduardo Frei. German Chancellor (and Nobel Peace laureate) Willy Brandt and Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai spent the twilight of their careers having to deny allegations that they had been on the agency's payroll.
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1933053_1933052_1933042,00.html
Ad some claim he worked for the KGB:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/1998/1998-June/002791.html
The Times of London June 16 1998
Defector says Willy Brandt was KGB agent
WILLY BRANDT, the former West German Chancellor, architect of Ostpolitik and symbol of the country's Left, was also a Soviet KGB agent, according to information provided by a Russian defector.
The timing of the accusations is significant, coming in the middle of a general election campaign. Branding the Social Democrats as communist stooges has been part of the conservative election repertoire for five decades.