Espionage in Politics and Industry

Secret information is also employed to make decisions in politics and industry. Political parties have always been interested in the strategic plans of their opponents and in any information that might discredit them. Most large corporate enterprises employ industrial espionage, which uses many of the tools of government intelligence work.

Executive is the branch of government that oversees the carrying out of laws. The U.S. Constitution separates the work of government into three branches: legislative, judicial, and executive. Although power is shared, Congress has most legislative duties, the courts have most judicial duties, and the President is the chief executive.

Fascism ['fxSIz(q)m] is a strongly nationalistic movement favoring government control of economic and social activity but private ownership of property.

Fascism, 20th-century form of totalitarian dictatorship that sought to create a viable society by strict regimentation of national and individual lives; conflicting interests would be adjusted by total subordination to the service of the state and unquestioning loyalty to its leader (see Totalitarianism). Fascism emphasized nationalism, but its appeal was international. It flourished between 1919 and 1945 in several countries, mainly Italy, Germany, Spain, and Japan.