Uncovering the CIA's Crypto AG operation
> The Iranian government then arrested Crypto AG's top salesman, Hans Buehler, in March 1992 in Tehran. It accused Buehler of leaking their encryption codes to Western intelligence. Buehler was interrogated for nine months but, being completely unaware of any flaw in the machines, was released in January 1993 after Crypto AG posted bail of $1m to Iran. Soon after Buehler's release Crypto AG dismissed him and sought to recover the $1m bail money from him personally.<p>Sounds like a great employer. Knowingly sells backdoored equipment to foreign governments, allows their employees to be arrested and held for nine months even though they know nothing about it, pays the bail, then immediately fires them and tries to recoup the bail.