> “Unwitting silent parole” allows the F.B.I. to issue foreign nationals a document that looks to them like a visa but in fact grants them permission to enter the country only for the Bureau’s purposes.
So anyone entering the United States could actually be walking into a trap. Good to know.
"The Man Who Refused to Spy
The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/21/the-man-who-re...