The Cold War may be over, but apparently spying is still a growth industry. The latest spy-craft news comes from the seemingly staid Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which appears to have more George Smiley and John le Carré types than we’d ever imagined.

According to reports in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others, the FDA has engaged in heavy-handed, systematic spying on its own scientists. This is not exactly the way to encourage the best and the brightest to do their best and brightest work.

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