spy network
Covert information system
A spy network is an organized system of intelligence operatives working together to gather secret information.
The term suggests coordination—handlers, informants, safe houses, communication channels: The CIA dismantled a spy network operating in Eastern Europe.
Networks may serve governments, corporations, or criminal organizations.
Also called an espionage network or intelligence network.
- intelligence agencyOrganization gathering secret information
- secret agentClandestine government operative
- double agentSpy betraying their side
- dead dropSecret exchange location
- drop pointBlade with curved spine
infiltration · sleeper cell · code name · cover story · mole · deep cover · informant · tradecraft · spymaster · surveillance · operative · cryptography · sabotage · handler · covert operations · black ops · listening device · hidden camera
- espionagespies, double agent, double agents, spying, moles
- court intrigueintrigue, plots, schemes, plotting, conspiracy
- secret organizationscabal, secret society, secret societies, conspiracy, sleeper cell
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- secret policeStasi, KGB, Gestapo, NKVD, Cheka
- hidden assetshidden asset, hidden cache, hidden gem, secret stash, buried treasure