Spies

In many war movies and books agents dressed in civilian clothes are sent behind enemy lines to gather information and they are called spies. If caught they are considered enemy agents out of uniform and are summarily executed. Many are given cyanide pills to bite into which kills them within seconds. This is done so that they will not reveal valuable information to their captors. Often times in spy rings information is for your eyes only meaning that the information they have is limited to only what they need to know to carry out their mission. These precautions are taken so the if the captives are tortured they will not reveal any more information than necessary or no information if they take the pill. Today experts tell us that torture doesn't work. If that is true then spies during the war killed themselves for no reason. spies