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School of the Military -> The Art of War -> The Use of Spies -> 2

Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes:
(1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.
When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system.
This is called "divine manipulation of the threads."
It is the sovereign's most precious faculty.
Having local spies means employing the services of the inhabitants of a district.
Having inward spies,
making use of officials of the enemy.
Having converted spies,
getting hold of the enemy's spies and using them for our own purposes.
Having doomed spies, doing certain things openly for purposes of deception, and allowing our spies to know of them and report them to the enemy.
Surviving spies, finally, are those who bring back news from the enemy's camp.


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