Hi there! I do not know nor have I seen "Burn Notice", but I can tell you this, regarding your question to know if life really is like that.
When I was in high school, we had a day where many different enterprises or government agencies were there to present there work to students so we
could get a glimpse at what was offered. At noon, just before lunch time ended, one of my good friend came to see at my locker, all speed up and
nervous.
He got very close to me and whispered this; " Man! When I was about to go to lunch, cops from the RCMP came to see me and they asked me to follow
them in a class. Once there, they offered me to work as an
undercover agent for them! They told me to never talk about it, I'm not allowed!
"
He told me because we were good friends and knew I would never rat on him. We were 15 then. That was 25 years ago. Last year, a man published a
book in Québec, reporting about the same thing, at the same time. The guy had to spy on his best friend's father who was in organized crime.
My friend was very intelligent, and looked like nobody. ( Sorry friend! )
So MY answer to you is: YOU BET! Of course there are spies everywhere! Beware your kids! ( Just kidding on this one...
)
I could even add that about 7 years ago, the school next to my house began construction on the school itself when summer arrived. We were told
that the big, enormous black container that was put on the top was the new air conditioning.
It was almost six weeks in the making, and still not finished ( except for the
outer casing, whren I saw a documentary on CTV with a former
Canadian spy, and the guy was walking on the streets during the interview.
He was talking about NSA, stuff spy agencies do... Then he stopped and pointed to the top of a building and said; " You see that big, black
container? They will tell you it is air conditioning, but if you look closely, how many air conditioning do you know that have doors and no venting?
Teams work there to spy on everyone on the streets, and record everything that is said." Etc.
So, the next day, I started telling to people in the neighborhood, that the air conditioning that was being put on the school was the exact same
thing as the "one" we were shown in the documentary. A few days later, the big, black container had been removed and replaced by another one, with
venting slots all around.
Sorry it was longer than I had anticipated...
I could tell more, but that's enough for this post.