Thursday, October 30, 2014

Secret Lives

The term espionage comes from a French word for "spying." Espionage is the act of spying or using spies to obtain secret information, often about a country's political or military plans.  Spies are also known as secret agents or intelligence officers.

Write about spies and espionage. Do you have any experience with espionage? Would you ever like to be a spy?



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  1. I would like to be a spy. It would be very interesting to see what secrets our country has. If we didn't have spies we probably would not know as much as we do about other countries and our enemies. Osama Bin Laden would not be dead right now if we didn't have those spies. We wouldn't know were his safe house was or were his hit men were in the house. Spies are good because they help us with attacks and get the information we need.

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    1. I agree, I mean who doesn't want to be a spy for the military that's probably one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. To know that you helped take down the bad guys or helped to

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    2. I agree because i think it would be an interesting career choice.

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    3. I thank it would be a pretty cool job because you would know how to sneak into a bunch of places.

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  2. I have little experience when it comes to being a spy unless its night time. And Yes I would love to be a spy

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  3. I agree with what you're saying but sometimes it can go a little over board.

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  4. I have had a few encounters with spies, I once walked my little brother to the bus stop one day, then 5 minutes after he got on the bus, i returned home to catch him working on a high-tech, fuel injected, rotary multi-scale defibrillation device prototype. Something like the invisible blanket from Harry Potter. When i caught him red-handed, he put it on and escaped swiftly, then later on that day when school was over, he acted as if he got off the bus.i would like to be a spy cause I can spy on Beyonce and probably get some one on one time with her if you know what i mean.

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    1. Wow, I wonder what your little brother is a spy for. I wouldn't want to be a spy because it can get dangerous.

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    2. Yeah, that is very interesting and peculiar what your little brother was up to. I would not want to become a spy because the actions you take might turn into consequences.

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  5. Would i want to be a spy? Yes i would for the military to gain intelligence on the terrorist. I think it would be an adventure to be spy for the military. It would be a well paying job. The only bad thing probably you be away from your family for a long time.

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    1. i agree its an awesome career choice and i wouldn't want to be away from my family that long

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    2. i agree that it is a good idea to be a spy

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  6. I don't have any experience with spying, but I would like being a spy. It seems like a cool lifestyle living a double life without any body knowing except for the agency. I agree that spies help the military with there operations. I mean George Washington used spies to help with his operations, and I guess spies are pretty smooth. They find their way into the bad guy's territory and they make there way too their trust then they strike which is pretty sneaky.

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    1. i agree i think it would be a cool profession to do

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    2. i disagree i think it is to stressful

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  7. Espionage is not only spying in my eyes its also a work of art. When i was a kid i had to diligently plan my angle of attack and the object/information that i was trying to inquire. If you asked me if i would ever be a spy that question would be hard to answer. Though i think i would turn down the offer if it was presented to me only because living one lifestyle is hard enough living two would be exponentially difficult. I remember that when i was a kid i would open my parents blinds christmas eve and find out what they were got me for christmas. I do admit to using espionage on other occasions though thats for another time.

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    1. I agree that spying is a work of art because spying requires a lot of talent and intelligence.

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    2. Wow you're a sneaky little kid good job

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  8. I would like to be a spy one day so i could see what people are doing when no one is around. i don't have any experience with espionage because no one spies on me. I would like to be a spy to see what people have planned for the future. I would like to see what secrets the government are hiding.if it wasn't for spies we wouldn't be able to stop the terrorists attacks from happening.

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  9. i dont think i have any experience with espionage. it really just deponds on what you would consider what an espionage.would i ever want to be a spy? thats a good question i think i would the life style bit me intresting and exciting. unlike a desk job that you do nothing but just file work and stuff. i also would like to be a spy because in the trailer of true lies he was at a fancy party with free food i would like to go to partys while on a work eating free food and hanging out to me that sounds fun.

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    1. i disagree with you, spies are bad people killing other bad people. Killing isn't necessary.

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  10. Well i didn't really have any experience with spies or at least i don't think so? That just got me thinking did i meet a spy but they where so good at being one that i didn't notice. I would want to be a spy because it would be fun to pretend to be someones friend and then your actually trying to get info from him. But also kinda scary because if you mess up and they figure out you are a spy then you've fail your mission.

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    1. i disagree with being a spy because i feel that living that life style would be difficult.

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  11. Spies, in my opinion, are people who kill other people in order to get paid. I mean i have spied on someone to find out if they were lying to me but thats it. I would not want to become a spy because a spy go and kills terrorist and they do help bad guys from doing bad things in this country but i don't think they should kill the other people.Spies should have a plethora of alternatives than hurting a terrorist.

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    1. i agree to this because in my opinion i think spies go and kill people and search for people but its different types of spying . if your spying on someone i would think your watching to find out information

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    2. i disagree because i think that what they do is to help people so if they wouldnt of killed them then whats to say that they wouldnt just try again untill they get what they came in our country to do or get.

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  12. that reminds me of my mom she is a espionage. because when she wants to find out information on me and my brothers or anyone else she uses people and spies to get the information. in one case she had me being a spy after my brother to find out information. i have had many encounters with espionage dealing with my mom and uncles.

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  13. Spies, in my opinion, are people who kill other people in order to get paid. I mean i have spied on someone to find out if they were lying to me but thats it. I would not want to become a spy because a spy go and kills terrorist and they do help bad guys from doing bad things in this country but i don't think they should kill the other people.Spies should have a plethora of alternatives than hurting a terrorist.

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    1. Not all spies are out to kill you, & we've all spied on someone before I can admit that

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  14. I have some experience with spying, a couple christmases ago i asked my mom for a video game that i really wanted to play. One day she came home with a bunch of bags and went straight to her bed room. I knew she had some gifts in that bag. So the next day when she left to go to the store(she spends hours there) i went into her room and found the game. I played it until she called me saying she was on her way home. I would like to be a spy so i could find out when Kayne leaves Kim alone😏

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  15. Many times I've been asked to spy on people weather it's my brothers and sisters or someone in school. I would love to be a spy because it is fun watching people and finding out there secrets without them knowing.

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  16. i agree that spying isn't always a good thing. i used to sneak around a try and listen to what my parents were talking about. it never really seemed to work, but i never learned. i wouldn't like to be a spy for a living because thats to much work and probably not enough money. there is a risk with spying like if someone catches you spying.

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  17. I would not like to be a spy because if they get caught spying they will get into a big problem. They would probably get killed do to there actions. On the other hand i would like to be a spy because you will get a very important info that will help the people I'm spying for. Also it would be fun sneaking around and following people.

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  18. i don't really have any experience with "espionage." but i would want to be a spy. it would be a cool career, find out all secrets of the government and see what their hiding from our country.

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  19. Yes I do have experience with espionage.To be honest I did spy on many occasions. I would like to be like to be a spy but you have to have to be very talented and very skilled. It would be nice to be a spy because you can find out about things you never knew and learn new things. And you could save your country and the citizens of that country.

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    1. this reminds me of when i was little when me and my sister used to play a spy game too.

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  20. i agree that spying isn't always a good thing. i used to sneak around a try and listen to what my parents were talking about. it never really seemed to work, but i never learned. i wouldn't like to be a spy for a living because thats to much work and probably not enough money. there is a risk with spying like if someone catches you spying.

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  21. espionage is used in countries all over the world. For different reasons like for getting information from another country. i think that spies is a cool but their is always a dangerous side of things. their are a lot of movies that involve espionage like spy kid. in spy kids their parents are secret agents ad their kids find out about it and become spies.

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  22. I would like to be a spy so i can keep my family safe from danger.I would like to know what secret are country has.And i think that it would be kind of cool to do training with the army. And get a lot of money to support my family. I think that being a spy would be a good experence .

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  23. I've only seen spies in movies & in the mirror because I was one. I've spied on my boyfriend before to see what he was doing & I was spying real hard too. Have you ever heard of the saying "If you go looking for something you'll find it" well thats what I did I found what i was looking for then I was looking stupid because he proved me wrong but my friends still call me "Special Agent Mooring". But some spies aren't always bad they can/could be good you never know.

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    1. I agree with this statement "If you go looking for something you'll find it" because you might be looking for something hard enough that your mind might take something else for what you are looking for.

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  24. Espionage is when the government uses spies to gain important information. Spies are there to fit in and gain trust from the enemy. Spies usually work for government associations like the CIA or FBI. The spies are usually looking for a country’s political or military plans to bring back to their own country. Espionage is usually authorized by the country’s president so he can make political choices.

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  25. I have never had any type of experience with espionage. Many people live lives that no one knows about its a secret idenity people live. I wouldn't want to be a spy because I would be away from my family. Having the lifestyle of a spy would be quiet interesting but its not for me.I wouldn't want to be a spy because you can get shot or something.

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  26. I agree because the term espionage comes from a French word for "spying." Spies are also known as secret agents or intelligence officers. I do not have any experience with espionage or spying. I probably wouldn't want to become a spy because the actions might turn into consequences. Espionage is the act of spying or using spies to obtain secret information, which I don't want to become a part of.

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