In today’s news 11 Russians were arrested as part of a spy ring. Why do the Russians have spies here? This surprised me as I thought much of this behavior was left behind with the cold war – how naive of me. I started to wonder what a modern day spy does? What do they look like? What do they do? Are they like a James Bond? So, I started with the definition: An agent employed by a state to obtain secret information, especially of a military nature, concerning its potential or actual enemies. This reminds me of the book, The Art of War (know thy enemy, use deception and manipulation to achieve your goal). Sometimes I forget all these ugly things are still being done in the dark of night and I forget we are living in a dangerous world. Yet everyday people live in secret in the name of protecting the motherland. But how many people do we need to keep us safe? How much money do we need to spend? I thought a good place to find out would be the CIA’s website. Amazingly, or maybe not so amazingly, the CIA does not reveal any of this information. Here is what they say under FAQ’s
