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The Spy Who Saved Me

by Seyward Darby November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

“Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people come out of hiding”

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Were They Lost Students or Inept Spies for China?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 29, 2020October 19, 2022

Two students from China, studying at the University of Michigan, travel to Florida during their winter break and find themselves in trouble after entering the Naval Air Station Key West, a major U.S. military facility.

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‘A Chain of Stupidity’: the Skripal Case and the Decline of Russia’s Spy Agencies

by Carolyn Wells June 23, 2020October 19, 2022

“The new hero of journalism was no longer a grizzled investigator burning shoe leather, à la All the President’s Men, but a pasty-looking kid in front of a MacBook Air.”

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