The way that money compromises the rich Frenchmen who take it.
It is usually rendered as Money, Ideology, Compromise (or Coercion), and Ego.
Counterintelligence instructors have long offered the mnemonic MICE, for money, ideology, compromise, ego.
As a moral guide, the phrase is hardly a clarion call, but in a fallen world, ruled by money and compromise — our world — it's almost good enough to become a meme.
Mr. Michnik says he waited in part to try to uncover who was behind Mr. Rywin and if their aim was really to extort money, or compromise Gazeta and frustrate its bid for the television station.
The American Anthropological Association, an 11,000-member organization, has also told administration officials that while research on these issues is essential, Defense Department money could compromise quality and independence because of the department's inexperience with social science.
Certifications of this kind help persuade skeptical businesses that they can put their trust into mobile payment startups not to run off with their money or compromise their security at any point.
They take money and compromise and patience.
By that he means Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego, the common denominators of all leaks.
"It's a good system because it's very difficult for... somebody who has money to compromise the system".
