At 06:38 PM 2/21/01 -0600, Erik wrote:
>Hmm, I wonder. It seems that there could be a workable system where you
>admit to having spies, even lots of them. You would just have to be much
>less self-righteous when you caught someone else spying on YOU. Maybe
>a gentleman's agreement something along the lines of, if we catch your
>spies we will deport/bar them and publicize their identities; and, of
>course, the same would be done to our spies, by the opponent, if our
>spies are caught.
Actually, there is. The gentleman's agreement is that if you catch a spy
and expel it, the other side will usually expel an equal number of people
who may/may not be actual spies, just to keep the score even.
For more details on the ins-and-outs of spying, I heartily recommend a
subscription to Stratfor.com, which covers the subject regularly.
JDG
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