▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁ext ort ▁DM 1 0 ▁million ▁from ▁the ▁German ▁railway ▁operator ▁Deutsche ▁Bahn . ▁He ▁is ▁now ▁serving ▁a ▁sentence ▁of ▁life ▁imprison ment . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁ex - Sc ot land ▁Y ard ▁detect ive ▁Rod ney ▁Wh itch elo ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁in ▁prison ▁for ▁sp ik ing ▁Hein z ▁baby ▁food ▁products ▁in ▁super mark ets , ▁in ▁an ▁ext ort ion ▁attempt ▁on ▁the ▁food ▁manufact urer . ▁ ▁As ▁political ▁action ▁▁ ▁The ▁term ▁political ▁sab ot age ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁one ▁political ▁camp ▁to ▁dis rupt , ▁har ass ▁or ▁damage ▁the ▁reputation ▁of ▁a ▁political ▁oppon ent , ▁usually ▁during ▁an ▁elect oral ▁campaign , ▁such ▁as ▁during ▁Water gate . ▁Sm ear ▁campaign s ▁are ▁a ▁commonly ▁used ▁t actic . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁could ▁also ▁describe ▁the ▁actions ▁and ▁exp end it ures ▁of ▁private ▁entities , ▁corpor ations ▁and ▁organizations ▁against ▁dem ocrat ically ▁approved ▁or ▁en act ed ▁laws , ▁policies ▁and ▁programs . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Cold ▁War ▁ended , ▁the ▁Mit rok hin ▁Archives ▁were ▁dec lass ified , ▁which ▁included ▁detailed ▁K GB ▁plans ▁of ▁active ▁measures ▁to ▁sub vert ▁politics ▁in ▁oppos ing ▁nations . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁coup ▁d ' et at ▁ ▁Sab ot age ▁is ▁a ▁cru cial ▁tool ▁of ▁the ▁successful ▁coup ▁d ' et at , ▁which ▁requires