You must have never heard of intelligence agencies, and spying in general. People vastly underappreciate the value that intelligence gives and the lengths to wh

You must have never heard of intelligence agencies, and spying in general. People vastly underappreciate the value that intelligence gives and the lengths to which they'll go just to get access to information. This is as old as humanity, for example Sun Tzu clearly wrote that useful spies are the best compensated employees in the entire government.