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Re:Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating secret service by threeseed on Saturday December 09, 2023 @05:49AM (#38580709)
Yes everyone spies on each other. It's why embassies largely exist these days.

The only reason you would expel someone is if it was overly egregious.

Not sure what it is particularly special about this event.

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Re:Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating secret service by toyg on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:03AM (#38580805)
> The only reason you would expel someone is if it was overly egregious.

Or if the two parties are in a tit-for-tat situation of some sort. There might be some diplomatic sabre-rattling going on, on some other topic.

Also, more often than not you don't expel anyone because 1) it reveals the reach of your intel skills, and 2) it removes the capability to feed misinformation to the other party.

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