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It is called Information Asymmetry[0] in Contract Theory.

NSA, KGB, FBI, Google, Facebook, any institution with access to large-scale privileged information– you name it, has at least one case to support the use of this advantage.

Perhaps Nixon and Hoover case is the most obvious one.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_asymmetry

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/05/us/tape-shows-nixon-feare...



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