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#1 Submitted by p.... on October 17, 2025 - 10:01am

Kick them out! In the old days we used to shoot them.

#2 Submitted by ... on October 19, 2025 - 4:40pm

Well other nations tend to arrest, charge and imprison them (whether they are genuinely guilty or not) and then use them as leverage or for exchange for their own genuine spies or terrorists.

#3 Submitted by ... on October 22, 2025 - 8:35pm

I think you misunderstand the nature of the "spying" here?

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