OK, then it might be a permission or owner issue, this is a bit hard to explain if you are new to computers, but we go step by step and it should work.
Select in the Finder the folder you want to add to Espionage, right click on it (or hold the control key and then click on it) and select "get info" from the popup menu. An new window will appear, scroll down to the bottom and read the owner part, it will look like the attached picture
[attachment=0:1pw4haqa]Screen Shot 2012-09-10 at 21.42.34.png[/attachment:1pw4haqa]
we are interested in the first line, what does it say home or Mac?
Next launch terminal
write
cd "
this was cd, space and double quote, then drag the protected folder over the terminal, this will fill in the path for you, add one doublequote at the end of the line, and then hit enter.
then write
cd ..
this is cd, space and two dots
hit enter, then write
ls -l
and send me the output of the ls command.
Sorry for all the trouble. If you prefer we can do a remote session and I can do this for you.
rgds
Zsolt