Recruit‑or‑Kill Intelligence Tactic

U.S. intelligence operatives reportedly offered Iranian nuclear scientists resettlement and debriefing while making the alternative — assassination — plausible and credible. The technique blended positive inducements with implicit lethal coercion, backed by intelligence sharing with an allied service to create believable deniability. — Raises urgent questions about the legality, morality, and strategic consequences of mixing recruitment with credible threats and allied assassinations in contemporary statecraft.