Question

Both sides recruited spies and both sides believed that their own people who became spies were traitors, so what if any difference is there between a "spy" and a "traitor"? Do the reasons for spying (ie. for ideology, a cause or money) make a difference? Explain.

Answer 1

During the cold war age, both Soviet Union and British recruited their spies in each other's country. These spies were normally of the same nation to which they belonged, but they spied for the opposition country. Thus, they were spies of the opposite side and traitors of their own country. As the Cambridge wing who were believed to be high level officials of Britain of British origin and citizenship. They spied their own country for Soviet Union, thus, they became traitors for their country. They spied because they had agreement to the political ideology of Communism of Soviet Union and wanted to promote it in their best efforts. During the initial phase of cold war it was the political ideology that was the main reason for spying in their own countries, but, lately the motivation for double-crossing their countries was money. Individuals of both sides spied for money for the opposite side and betrayed their countries.