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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't "spies" by definition work for another nation?
A spy by any other name is a whistle blower
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Don't "spies" by definition work for another nation? (Original Post)
intrepidity
Sep 2019
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elleng
(130,732 posts)1. No
'a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor.'
intrepidity
(7,275 posts)4. Enemy or competitor
Of the United States is....?
RockRaven
(14,899 posts)2. Trump not never word no good.
Trump rarely uses words correctly.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)14. LOL!!!!
It's funny because it's true, and even funnier because he believes that he speaks well.
JI7
(89,240 posts)3. not necessarily
intrepidity
(7,275 posts)5. Example of a spy who didn't? nt
JI7
(89,240 posts)7. haven't they done things like go after sex trafficking , financial fraud
and other things like that ?
intrepidity
(7,275 posts)8. Those sound like whistleblowers
Or do you you mean like undercover cops?
JI7
(89,240 posts)9. yes, people that go undercover to gather info
intrepidity
(7,275 posts)10. Those are not the "spies" Trump referenced today
that "we used to know what to do with."
JI7
(89,240 posts)11. i was just talking in general. not about what Trump said
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)6. Trump is openly disregarding the Whistleblower Protection Act. He's mad.
RainCaster
(10,834 posts)12. You mean like DFT?
Kaleva
(36,248 posts)13. No. They are anyone who works clandestinely for a hostile entity. A rival corporation for example.
A friend of an ex-spouse reporting, unknown to you, to him or her on your activities during a custody fight would be another.