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=** What is Espionage? **=
 * @Espionage Terms **

Espionage or spying involves a government or individual obtaining information considered [|__secret__] or [|__confidential__] without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is fundamentally [|__clandestine__] (A clandestine operation is an [|__intelligence__] or [|__military__][|__operation__] carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population), as it is taken for granted that it is unwelcome and, in many cases illegal and punishable by law. It is a subsection of //intelligence gathering//, which otherwise may be conducted from public sources and using perfectly legal and ethical means. It is crucial to distinguish espionage from [|__intelligence__] gathering, does not necessarily involve espionage, but often organizes open-source information.

Espionage is often part of an institutional effort by a [|__government__] or commercial concern. However, the term is generally associated with [|__state__] spying on potential or actual enemies primarily for [|__military__] purposes. Spying involving [|__corporations__] is known as [|__industrial espionage__].

= The History of Espionage = toc From the Trojan Horse to the modern drone, from ninjas to the KGB: join us in exploring the history of spies, information gathering, and covert operations. We'll debate when (if ever) such operations, including industrial espionage and state-sponsored assassinations, are ever justified, and to what extent they have shaped the course of history. From the Crusades to the making of the atom bomb, spies and the organizations that supported them were often unseen, but never unimportant. We'll also sneak forward to the present day to consider the modern surveillance society, in which information gathering has come out of the shadows and even into the skies above us. To what extent should our daily activities, on the Internet and in real life, be tracked and catalogued—by whom, and to what end? And, yes, we'll spend a little time on the likes of James Bond—because fiction can be a useful tool for understanding how people perceive fact. =** Questions to Discuss **= · When, if ever, is it right to pretend to be someone you're not? · To what extent have spies and covert operations shaped the course of history? · Are state-sponsored assassinations ever justified? · To what extent should our daily activities, on the Internet and in real life, be tracked and cataloged—by whom, and to what end? · Does fiction mislead us about spies in the real world? · Do we live in a surveillance society? Should we? · Have changes in technology made it easier or harder to be a spy? · Is industrial espionage a legitimate business strategy? · What might motivate a spy? · Historical Origins and Evolution · Key Vocabulary (the Covert Code) · Distinguishing espionage, intelligence, and covert operations · The private sector: industrial espionage, whistleblowing, and confidential informants · Organizations and Operations · Spies of the Emerging Modern World · Espionage in the Cold War · Intelligence gathering today · Classic Tools of the Trade · Evolution of Encryption · Drones and Remote Sensing · Surveillance in the Information Age · Moments of Panic and Paranoia · Fictional Portrayals of Spies · Fact vs. Fiction · Aldrich Ames | Alfred Dreyfus | Allan Pinkerton · Edward Snowden | Gustav Weber | Iacomo Casanova · J. Edgar Hoover | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | Mary Bowser · Mata Hari | Nathan Hale | Richard Sorge | Sydney Reilly · Robert Baden-Powell | Cambridge Spies | Valerie Plame · Violette Szabo | Anna Chapman · Agent | Asset | Black Operations | Bona Fides | Brush Contact · Burned | Carnivore | Cipher | Colossus | COMINT · Counterintelligence | Cover | Covert Operations | Dangle · Dead drop | Double Agent | ElInt | Espionage | Exfiltration · Eyes Only | Handler | HUMINT | L-Pill | Little Birds · Provocateur | Sabotage | Sheep Dipping | SIGINT | Sleeper · Tradecraft | U-2 | Wet job | Window Dressing · Assassins | Cheka | CIA | KGB · MI6 | Mossad | MSS | NSA · Okhrana | Oprichniki | Shinobi | Stasi
 * 1) ==** Introduction to Espionage **==
 * 1) ==** A Secret History **==
 * 1) ==** The Technology of Espionage **==
 * 1) ** Espionage in the Popular Imagination **
 * 1) ==** People to Investigate (Examples) **==
 * 1) ==** Terms to Learn (Examples) **==
 * 1) ==** Organizations to Research (Examples) **==

= Resources = The use of covert human intelligence sources code of conduct - [|Preliminary draft]- UK Home Office. InfoPlease -[| Espionage]through history

Espionage and Intelligence
Technology and Intellectual Property Protection in a Global Economy AUVSI Symposium

[|Espionage and intelligence gathering]
(eBook from Warwick University site)

Spies of the Cold War Era
Spies US by James Markle

James Markle is currently the Social Science Department Chair, Director of Advanced Social Studies.

Face the Nation
A look back at the government surveillance debate that dominated 2013 with a panel of experts

TED talk

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Mikko Hypponen: How the NSA betrayed the world's trust -- time to act
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