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The definition of "spy" that I know is that they are people who cultivate relationships with "agents" or "assets": people who have access to important secret in
by munificent 4y ago
The definition of "spy" that I know is that they are people who cultivate relationships with "agents" or "assets": people who have access to important secret information and are willing to share it.
Most spies don't go into forbidden places and physically dig up secrets themselves. It's infinitely easier to get to know someone who already knows those secrets and persuade them to tell.
- twic 4y agoThat's not the correct definition. A spy is someone who does spying, and spying is obtaining information illicitly. Like the Cambridge Five: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five Or Aldrich Ames: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/aldrich-ames https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/aldrich-ames Someone who manages spies is an intelligence officer.