Used on Wikispooks as a colloquial term for spy but with wider connotations encompassing people whose primary occupation may be in any area of industry, commerce, politics, the media etc., but who also acts as an agent/informant of the secret intelligence services or the security services generally.

Spook is used on this website to mean (approximately) "spy".

st century, spooks are increasingly heading through the In the 21century, spooks are increasingly heading through the revolving door to work for large companies, particularly in the financial and "private security" sectors.

Premature deaths

Premature death is an occupational hazard of being a spook. Wikispooks currently has 51 such deaths listed.

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Related Quotation

Page Quote Author Plausible deniability “Intelligence officers try very hard not to get their hands dirty.” Scott Noble

An official example

Name Born Died Abu Hamza Rabia 1960 30 November 2005

Please help keep this site running by donating or spreading the word about our Patreon page. As of 17 September, our 19 Patrons are giving £67/month, which is 2/3 of our webhosting bill.









References