TA AI spy game doesn't appear to always work right

I've been playing for a while now, since the game was release and before, but, I've noticed now I've been sping on the Torian Confederation for many turns now and have active spies on thier planets.  I took over the planets I had spies on and imediately put them on another Torian planet.  Next turn the Torian's countered all 4 of my spies that I had just re placed. 

My question is, why didn't they counter them in the turns prior, or how did they suddenly get 4 spies from no where in 1 turn?

Thank you

Unfortunatly I don't have a saved game prior to this happening to have it reoccur.

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Reply #1 Top
Maybe they were waiting until they had 4 spies to counteract yours and that didn't occur until after you re-placed them.
Reply #2 Top
Were the spies actually hurting the Torians before? The Torians may have decided that your spies weren't annoying enough to spend their own spies on them. Perhaps the new position of your spies hurt them more.

Also, the Torians might have had their spies on away missions which they deemed more important.
Reply #3 Top
I had one on a manufacturing tile no bonus, 1 on a pop building , and two on moral bonous w/ moral buildings. When I replaced them they weren't much different.