N.Y. Times: U.S. Sanctions Turn Iran’s Oil Industry Into Spy vs Spy.

Most Americans have a Hollywood version of the espionage business. A high-tech game of cyber-espionage and secret well-planned operations but in reality it is an age old game using alcohol, sex, money and shady people.  Same as it ever was.

Whoever is doing the spying, there is little doubt that cloak-and-dagger tactics have buffeted the shrinking Iranian oil trade. Traders say they have been offered all kinds of enticements in exchange for information.