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SAMANTHA STEVENS, WHO IS AN [1] __________ ON THE HISTORY OF SPYING, HAS AGREED TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
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When did [2] __________ begin?
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SAMANTHA STEVENS, WHO IS AN [1] __________ ON THE HISTORY OF SPYING, HAS AGREED TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
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When did [2] __________ begin?
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People have spied for [3] __________ of years.
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The word "spy" comes from the [4] __________ word specere, which means to watch, and that is generally what spies do
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However, spies have always done a lot [5] __________ than that.
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Apart from just watching people, they also helped when rulers had to [6] __________ different situations.
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For example, many years ago it was much easier for kings to win [7] __________ and stay in power when they had spies who gave them information about enemies who were working against them.
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What else do [8] __________ do?
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Spies need to send [9] __________ .
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In order to get their message to the right person without anyone else discovering it, they have to use some very [10] __________ ways.
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[11] __________ history, spies have hidden messages in their clothing, bread, candies, toothbrushes and even in their teeth.
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Once a king wanted to send a [12] __________ message.
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However, his spy had to pass through an area that was controlled by the [13] __________ , and the king was afraid he might be caught.
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He [14] __________ the message on the spy's head and waited for his hair to grow.
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When the spy reached the person that the message was [15] __________ for, he was given a haircut and the message was uncovered.
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Another way to pass on messages is to leave them in a "dead drop" - a [16] __________ , such as under a stone.
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This way, the spies do not meet face-to-face, which protects their [17] __________ .
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Of course, modern technology has made sending messages much [18] __________
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Spies also use [19] __________ , don't they?
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Yes, indeed. Spies have used [20] __________ different codes over the years.
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Some codes can be amazingly [21] __________ .
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For example, lighting a [22] __________ at a window at a certain time might mean the spy is confirming the success of a job.
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Other codes use numbers and [23] __________ .
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The problem is always to ensure that the code [24] __________ a secret, and this can be difficult.
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However, you don't always need to think of a [25] __________ code.
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During World War I, some US soldiers in Europe were sure that the Germans were listening to the messages that they [26] __________ .
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There were some soldiers in their unit from the Choctaw tribe, who spoke a [27] __________ which not many people understood.
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These soldiers became responsible for sending and [28] __________ messages.
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For example, they used their word for a stone to talk about a hand [29] __________
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There was no way the Germans could [30] __________ what they said.
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Why do people [31] __________ on their own country?
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One of the reasons could be to make [32] __________ .
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Foreign governments pay a lot of money for enemy [33] __________ , especially when the person is able to supply important information that the other country needs.
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Some people just do it because they [34] __________ their country's government, or they simply have a desire to help another country.
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Can you give us an example of a [35] __________ like that?
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Yes. Melita Norwood was a British woman who worked as a secretary in a [36] __________ office.
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She had [37] __________ to the West's nuclear secrets, which she passed on to the Russians for over forty years.
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She felt that the British government had [38] __________ its people and that people weren't treated equally.
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She wanted British [39] __________ to be more like the Russian one.
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The British only discovered she was a spy when she was an old lady, years after she had stopped passing on [40] __________ .
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They only found out when a Russian agent "went over" to the British side and [41] __________ her activities.
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Norwood did it because of her [42] __________ beliefs.
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She never took any money for her [43] __________ .
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When interviewed, she said she would do the same thing [44] __________ .
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What an interesting story, Samantha. Thank you for the [45] __________ .