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Spies
July 13, 2021
Scott Bradfield
The Failures That Made Ian Fleming
The creator of James Bond had an unremarkable career in intelligence and considered his own books “piffle.”
May 10, 2021
Magazine
Charlie Savage
The Rise of Private Spies
What happens when online investigators and detectives-for-hire take on intelligence work?
September 3, 2020
Greg Barnhisel
The Making of the “Good CIA”
In history and pop culture, a wave of revisionism has subtly cleaned up the agency’s image.
April 7, 2017
Magazine
Tony Horwitz
The Spy Who Loved Me
What I learned from my own contacts with Russian intelligence agents.
December 5, 2013
The New Republic Staff
Hilarious Photos of the East German Secret Police at Work
May 14, 2013
Julia Ioffe
The Spy Who Shot Himself in the Foot
What the blond-wigged accused spy may have been trying to learn
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