The Associated Press reveals that Qatar, the host of the World Cup, paid more than $10 million for "Project Riverbed", a covert influence campaign run between 2012 and 2014 by a former CIA operative's company, which was aimed at neutralising Theo Zwanziger's criticism of FIFA's decision making process for Qatar's host bid, which Zwanziger accused of being corrupt.
The Associated Press reveals that Qatar, the host of the World Cup, paid in excess of $10 million for "Project Riverbed", a covert influence campaign in 2012–2014 run by a former CIA operative's company aimed at neutralising Theo Zwanziger's criticism of FIFA's decisionmaking process as regards Qatar's host bid, which he accused of being corrupt. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the same company surveilled Amos Adamu, another FIFA's executive committee member (who has since been expelled).
The Associated Press reveals that Qatar, the host of the World Cup, paid more than $10 million for "Project Riverbed", a covert influence campaign run between2012and2014 by a former CIA operative's company,whichwasaimed at neutralising Theo Zwanziger's criticism of FIFA's decisionmaking process for Qatar's host bid, which Zwanziger accused of being corrupt.