Cambridge Analytica CEO talks bribery and honeypots on hidden camera

ProTip: When discussing nefarious techniques to entrap politicians and swing elections, first make sure you're not secretly being filmed. 

That, apparently, was a memo the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, missed. The executive was caught on film by investigators with London's Channel 4 News discussing all the ways his company can influence elections around the world — and it's not pretty. 

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The entire report is worth a watch (it's embedded below), and it suggests that Nix's own damning words will be held against him for some time. Just how bad are those aforementioned words? We're glad you asked. In the video, Nix discussed bribing politicians while secretly filming them and sending Ukrainian escorts to the homes of political candidates.  Read more...

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