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Double agents are often used to transmit Disinformation or to identify other agents as part of Counter-espionage operations. They are often very trusted by the controlling organization, since the target organization will give them true, but useless, information to pass along. The term "double agent" is often used in popular media erroneously to refer to someone acting simply as a spy or secret agent. A spy simply relays information from a target to his or her controlling organization. A triple agent pretends to be a double agent for the target organization, but in fact is working for the controlling organization all along. Usually, he keeps the trust of the target organization by feeding information to them which is apparently very important, but is in fact misleading or useless. A new use of this term dates to 2006 and is stated as "A person working to refer potential clients to their own Estate Agent". They are being an agent for their agent, hence doubling up on the work that is performed. This term has maverick connotatations as it implies that an individual is unhappy with the Estate Agent working alone. LIST OF ACTUAL DOUBLE AGENTS
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