americans, but here is your mission statement, at least as alleged by the department of justice, it says the following, you were sent to the u.s. for long-term service trip, your education, bank accounts, car, house, et cetera, all these served one goal, fulfill your main mission, ie to search and develop ties in the the u.s. and send intelligence reports to center, that s aka, the spy headquarters. live is the former british spy and cold arrest expert, i appreciate your time. normally you would think of spies as working in government or military operations, but in this case, it seems different, is this the way it normally goes and we just don t know about it? you re absolutely right, that normally you have intelligence officers who may be assigned to the embassy, you have nonofficial cover. but one of the things that really comes from the cold war