It is widely known that many countries have spies in other areas of the world for the purpose of gathering intelligence data.

众所周知许多国家在世界其他地区拥有特工来达到收集情报资料的目的。

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To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

从一个人那里偷取信息叫剽窃，从敌人那里偷取信息叫搜集情报。

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Reva Bhalla, Middle East analyst for the private intelligence firm, Stratfor, says gathering intelligence is the most basic function of the CIA.

私营情报公司斯达福的中东分析员瑞瓦·巴勒表示，搜集情报是中情局最基本的工作。

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The CIA facility was located opposite to the Waziristan tribal region and was reportedly playing a key role in gathering intelligence information to guide U.S.unmanned spy planes to launch drone strikes on al-Qaida and Afghan militants hiding on the Pakistani side of the border.

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President Obama came to office promising to outlaw torture in U.S.intelligence gathering.

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Investigations into corruption are rising but too few forces are gathering intelligence to prevent it happening, it found.

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On the other side, Israel stopped training in desert warfare and stopped gathering intelligence on the Egyptian military.

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His subsequent diplomatic appointment was in Riga, in Latvia, essentially a listening post for gathering intelligence about the Soviet Union.

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