Former CIA employee followed officials for sake of Football Championship

Former employee of the Central Intelligence Department (CIA) of the United States Kevin Cholker followed the opponents of Qatar in the struggle for the right to hold the World Cup of 2022. This is reported by Associated Press (AP) with reference to sources.

Cholecker and his consulting firm hired Qatar officials. The task of the Ex-CIA officer was the collection of information about representatives of other countries – primarily the United States and Australia – claimed CM-2022. The American also tried to access information about telephone calls for a certain high-ranking official of the International Football Federation (FIFA), whose name is not called.

Doha went to such a step in order to spend the championship. For this, ex-CIA officers are usually attracted to, the interlocutors AP explained. Chalker himself later worked on Qatar, including to track the critics of the state among football players either people relating to football.

Football Championship will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022. The country received the right to hold on December 2, 2010.

/Media reports.