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Recently, espionage agencies have targeted the illegal [[drug]]s industry and [[terrorism|terrorist]]s. |
Recently, espionage agencies have targeted the illegal [[drug]]s industry and [[terrorism|terrorist]]s. |
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===Spies or alleged spies=== |
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Revision as of 12:49, 13 January 2003
Espionage is the practice of spying on others (whether states or other entities) to gain information for economic, political or military advantage. Most countries routinely spy on their potential enemies, and also their allies, although they generally deny this. Espionage conducted for commercial purposes is called industrial espionage.
The cold war involved intense espionage activity between the United States of America and its allies and the Soviet Union and China and their allies, particulary related to nuclear weapons secrets.
Recently, espionage agencies have targeted the illegal drugs industry and terrorists.
See: Cold War espionage
Spies or alleged spies
- Aldrich Ames
- Mansfield Cummings
- Cambridge Five
- Klaus Fuchs
- Ian Fleming
- Mata Hari
- Kim Philby
- Alfred Redl
- Theodore Hall
- Sidney Reilly
- Saville Sax
- Richard Sorge
- Markus Wolf
Espionage organizations
- See also Intelligence agencies and Special Operations Executive
Espionage technology
- Cryptography
- Steganography
- Echelon
- SIGINT
- Spy satellite
- Ultra
- The U-2 spy plane
- HUMINT - Intelligence gathered by a person on the ground.
- ELINT - Intelligence gathered from electronic sensors.
Counter-espionage technology
- TEMPEST - Protection devices for communication equipment.
Fictional spies
Premiere Espionage Site
The Whole Spy Page: http://come.to/wholespy
- See also: Secret agent, Spy fiction