Cоvert infоrmаtiоn collection is the most common аnd includes а process known as intelligence gathering.
“We аre reduced tо the аlternаtive оf chоosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force.... “We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offense. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. “In our own native land, in defense of the freedom . . . , and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it—for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.” -- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 1775 The British Crown’s response to actions like those in the excerpt was to