to bribe, paper is "free" (then it gets debased (purchasing power) but as the CIA lords index faster than debasement they "win" (at least in the short as their whole structure get attrited by debasement). and once bribed, it becomes control and they can pretend to expend, again on shakier fundations... a rolling downhill but "unsnowballing", the more they roll forward, the less remain of them (but more the intelligence community) since 2001, 9.11 the loss of value of their currency... again all others currencies (most, at least).