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[Spy Kids] Why does the OSS use children as spies? (self.asksciencefiction)

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The optics of the US using children of spies can't possibly be good, in addition to the risk of misuse, and all of that.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think it was a catch-all "in case of emergency" authorization to access the safe house, vehicles, and tools. The fact that the kids chose to use them to find the parents was unexpected.

After the first movie though, it doesn't make as much sense