Seal of Approval Quotes
In the 1830's a few Cherokee Indians were found who would sign a "treaty" agreeing to their removal westward.
Regulation had been adopted to make sure that certain products were made to standards and appropriate quality. A small fee was taken by the regulator to attest to the quality and place a seal on it. However, the system degenerated into a system where one had to pay the fee and everything passed inspection without regard for quality. Child was one of the first observers of the criticality of implementation of regulatory schemes and the danger that a regulatory system was vulnerable to corruption.
While that is often true, there have been some cases in American espionage history where the CIA did vouch for and employ and bring into the United States war criminals and even agents who had murdered and tortured innocent Americans. See {633240} for one such example.