东西方冷战结束后,很多人估计美国中央情报局(中情局)和前苏联国家安全局(国安局)的间谍难免要另谋高就。但事实上,像中情局这类特务机构不但没有收缩,活动范围反而逐渐扩大,因为它未来或许要负起另一项新任务——协助商界收集和保护商业秘密。 After the end of the Cold War between East and West, many people estimated that the spies of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency of the former Soviet Union (National Security Bureau) would inevitably have to look for other things. However, in fact, the special agencies like the CIA not only have not contracted, but have gradually expanded their scope of activities, because it may have to take up another new task in the future—to assist the business community in collecting and protecting trade secrets.