Spies and secrets Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
clandestine acquisition of confidential information
About Spies and secrets
—Sun Tzu,The Art of War While the history of espionage goes back to ancient times, it is usually the spy stories of the 20th century that have created the public impression of the business; especiallyWorld War I,World War II in Europeand theCold War. In the typical case, anintelligence agencyis a government organ which collects information about foreign governments and other target organizations. Some of them are CIA of the United States, SIS (or MI6) of the United Kingdom, SVR of Russia, and Mossad of Israel. Their staff consists ofintelligence officers, who should not be confused withspies,secret agentsorassets, who are recruited (usually from within a target organization) to provide secret information. There are two main categories of spies: Amoleis recruited by an intelligence agency,
Top Attractions in Spies and secrets
Explore the best things to see and do in Spies and secrets:
- ★Berlin Friedrichstraße station
- ★Bletchley Park
- ★Canadian Forces Station Leitrim
- ★Former KGB Building
- ★Former KGB Prison Potsdam
- ★Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen
- ★Glienicke Brücke
- ★Hawaii Cryptologic Center
Spies and secrets Travel Guide Sections
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