E-Commerce Lessons for Espionage

OPINION — I recently enjoyed an overdue reunion with some college friends, wrongly assuming war stories from this retired CIA officer would wow my pals and earn me top bragging rights.  Instead, our host, Brian, won the best-story-of-the-weekend contest, regaling us over drinks with his escapades in modern e-commerce. My former roommate’s digital exploits, I concluded, offered some lessons for old business, as the changing global order and technology buffet the world’s second oldest profession, espionage.