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Mole Catcher: A Spy In The War
Mole catcher by: Sam winters
A mole catcher is a spy in the war. The second Continental congress created a Secret committee by a resolution on september 18,1775. The committee was not a true intelligence agency. Since the committee of secret correspondenceoften worked was mainly concerned with obtaining military supplies in secret and distrubting them, and selling gun powder previously negotiated by certain members of the congress without the formal sanction of that body.. the committee kept its transactions secret and destroyed many of its records to sure the confidentiality of its work.
The secret committee employed agents overseas, often in cooperation with the committee of secret correspodence. It gathered intelligence about secret

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