>PS. Personally I'm not fond of the idea that the empire has half a dozen
>compeating "intelligence organizations". This sounds very modern to me,
>and not in the spirit of Glorantha (or our history either) as I
>understand it.
Intelligence organizations go a long way back. The Mauryas of India had a secret police organization, Hadrian had _frumentarii_ who went around digging up dirt on important romans while the Byzantines had a "Bureau of Barbarians". They are simply an organized version of informers and undercover agents.
--Peter Metcalfe
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