(dedicated to all the intelligence agencies in the world. All of them except those that kill their own countrymen)
The Ethics of a Spy
is never to question Why
Instead pause and wait
Act now, before it is too late
We wait and watch
with the worst kind of homo sapiens
hoping our soul is not as corrupted
We are the watchers, the perpetual legal aliens
The ethics of a cop
May be to who dun it or stop
But the ethics of spy
Is to act now before people die
The Flotilla 13, The Alpha Team, The Seals, The Cobras
We are all brothers from the other mothers
We destroy our souls so we can save
Humanity from destroying itself.
Every man we killed
Haunts us in our dreams
Every woman we loved
was the one and truly love it seems
Those who live by the sword
Shall die by the sword too
But if that is any excuse for not doing
Then you must be a bigger foo
The ethics of a spy
is never to ask why
But to find and search
Protect the sheep from stumbling in the lurch
And when it is all over
The lucky ones are already dead
Old spies never die
We just wait for another op till the end.
Related-
- An Exotic Tool for Espionage: Moral Compass http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/politics/28ethics.html
- Ethics of Spying: A Reader for the Intelligence Professional [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Spying-Reader-Intelligence-Professional/dp/0810856409
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