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Litvinenko, Snowden, Köhler and Khashoggi – Are we really surprised?

There are endless rumours and speculations about what happens behind the curtains of the political stage. Usually, the ordinary citizen labels the ordinary politician as corrupt, disloyal and treacherous; politics is often seen as a ‘big game’. The reasons for these unfavourable views are manifold: dissatisfaction with policy or election outcomes, drawing analogies to own...