| Cambridge Analytica, Trump-Tied Political Firm, Offered to Entrap Politicians |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=24399"><span class="small">Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Tuesday, 20 March 2018 08:20 |
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Rosenberg writes: "Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election. The firm could hire an attractive woman to seduce a rival candidate and secretly videotape the encounter."
Cambridge Analytica, Trump-Tied Political Firm, Offered to Entrap Politicians20 March 18
“We have a long history of working behind the scenes,” Mr. Nix said. The prospective client, though, was actually a reporter from Channel 4 News in Britain, and the encounter was secretly filmed as part of a monthslong investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the data firm with ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign. |
itting in a hotel bar, Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election. The firm could send an attractive woman to seduce a rival candidate and secretly videotape the encounter, Mr. Nix said, or send someone posing as a wealthy land developer to pass a bribe.