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Alleged Qatar spy operation said to have targeted GOP lawmakers opposed to Muslim Brotherhood

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#1 An attack on Qatar is an attack on?

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#2 Doha, Qatar, Dec. 15, 2019. HASSAN AMMAR—AP IMAGES
A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the Arab country land this year’s World Cup is under FBI scrutiny, and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found. The monthslong FBI probe focuses on whether Kevin Chalker’s work for Qatar broke laws related to foreign lobbying, surveillance and exporting sensitive technologies and tradecraft...,
Chalker’s goal, AP found, was to burnish Qatar’s image among American decision makers while undermining critics who have accused the monarchy of financing terrorists and other wrongdoing. Federal investigators have focused increasing scrutiny in recent years on Qatar’s influence efforts, including those alleged to involve former U.S. national security officials.
AP’s reporting in the past year has detailed how Chalker and his company, Global Risk Advisors, sought to help Qatar host the 2022 World Cup by spying on soccer officials in rival countries. That included deploying a Facebook “honeypot” in which an attractive woman is used to get close to a target....

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