Clearly, it makes the spooks' jobs easier if they can act quickly to monitor suspicious calls.
And, given the immensity of their failures, remarkably few senior spooks have been removed or punished.
Two centuries on, Japanese spooks have become more modernised and westernised, just like Japanese society itself.
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Now, you said that there is no truth to the idea that right-wing media spooks this administration.
But if judges, elected politicians and voters do not have confidence in their spooks, the system unravels.
The American budget deficit spooks China, but appears to make little difference to its willingness to lend.
But nobody, not even the spooks, believes wiretaps and infiltrators alone are enough to defeat Islamist extremism.
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And later today on Marketplace, we'll find out why intelligence agencies are having a tough time recruiting spooks.
Under the rule of the authoritarian populist, Vladimir Meciar, Slovakia had become a playground for crooks and spooks.
Outside it, squadrons of ex-spooks and retired generals hold conferences on the future of a polynuclear Middle East.
But as the spooks well know, once a secret is out it is hard to cover it up again.
It's a nice enough sounding name pronounced in the French way--gren-AHHSH--but apparently it spooks wine buyers around the world.
America's spooks stand by their 2007 assessment that Iran had such a programme, but called a halt in 2003.
Whether it does so may depend on whether it believes its own spooks.
Spooks, Doc Martin, Doctor Who and Lark Rise To Candleford are also nominated.
But it is hard to know what else the spooks could have done.
The 15-minute film features Mr Oyelowo, who appeared in the film Last King of Scotland and the BBC drama Spooks.
Think of this: a secret-service boss in Berlin spends years trying to frustrate the activities of spooks run by another spymaster.
After a long career as one of Russia's top spooks, he's now at the top of the Kremlin's most wanted list.
Donnelly's recent credits include Philadelphia Here I Come at the Donmar, while Raison played Jo Portman in the BBC drama Spooks.
In Chechnya she lurks mostly in the margins of the fighting among spooks, middlemen and aid-workers whose ambitions and intrigues she captures lucidly.
It spooks hiring managers to see that you will settle for a check instead of holding out for what you are meant to do.
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"She felt that was a bridge too far for her and I really respect her for doing that, " the former Spooks star went on.
Macfadyen, best known for his role in the BBC spy drama Spooks, will star opposite Keira Knightley, the Screen Daily film industry website said.
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Some of Mr Obama's favourite spooks have been unable to take up senior appointments because of their association, sometimes only peripheral, with the interrogation programme.
Recent television work has included roles in Midsomer Murders and Spooks.
In 1985, however, a different group of spooks took an interest.
Later on in the program, tourists visit a decaying prison for Halloween spooks and thrills, but the history underneath the entertainment can be far more chilling.
It even has security-cleared staff, including some from the British agency, to shake down the gear and ensure it can't be exploited by spooks or crooks.
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