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I think you have it. Here is what I found in 'The Art of War" concerning 'snakes'.
Art of War - The Use of Spies
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Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.
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Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.
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When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called "divine manipulation of the threads." It is the sovereign's most precious faculty.
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Having LOCAL SPIES means employing the services of the inhabitants of a district. #Tu Mu says: "In the enemy's country, win people over by kind treatment, and use them as spies."
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Having INWARD SPIES, making use of officials of the enemy.
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Having CONVERTED SPIES, getting hold of the enemy's spies and using them for our own purposes. #By means of heavy bribes and liberal promises detaching them from the enemy's service, and inducing them to carry back false information as well as to spy in turn on their own countrymen...
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Having DOOMED SPIES, doing certain things openly for purposes of deception, and allowing our spies to know of them and report them to the enemy.
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SURVIVING SPIES, finally, are those who bring back news from the enemy's camp.