Espionage

•[Fr.]spying•

ØEspionage(谍报)： the secret collection ofinformation, or intelligence, the source of such information wishes to protect from disclosure. 

ØIntelligence(情报)：evaluated and processed information needed to make decisions. Intelligence generally has a national security connotation and therefore exists in an aura (光环) of secrecy.

CIA中央情报局

•Central Intelligence Agency 

•Mainly for gathering secret information that may bear on national security 

•Created in 1947

•The CIA also coordinates the activities of the United States intelligence community, which includes agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency(DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). 

•In addition, the CIA takes overall responsibility for gathering information from other U.S. intelligence agencies, analyzing the separate pieces of information from each source, and providing a recommendation to the president of the United States and the president’s advisers.

FBI美国联邦调查局

•Federal Bureau of Investigation

•Chief investigative agency of the United States federal government and a division ofthe U.S. Department of Justice

•The primary responsibility for counter espionage activities within the US.,coordinating its work with the CIA, which is responsible for such operations outside the US.

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