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Right. And then another gambit is called the dangle. It's not dirty. It's just this way of getting somebody to spy for you.
Or actually, it's a way of creating a double agent like you were talking about.
Or actually, it's a way of creating a double agent like you were talking about.
Or actually, it's a way of creating a double agent like you were talking about.
So a dangle is where you say like you have somebody in Moscow that you've turned into an agent for you. You try to make them attractive to, say, the KGB to recruit them as a spy. So now you have a double agent working inside.
So a dangle is where you say like you have somebody in Moscow that you've turned into an agent for you. You try to make them attractive to, say, the KGB to recruit them as a spy. So now you have a double agent working inside.
So a dangle is where you say like you have somebody in Moscow that you've turned into an agent for you. You try to make them attractive to, say, the KGB to recruit them as a spy. So now you have a double agent working inside.
I don't know if he came to them. No, he came to them. He became disillusioned with the Soviet Union. And he's like, I think I'm going to start helping the UK.
I don't know if he came to them. No, he came to them. He became disillusioned with the Soviet Union. And he's like, I think I'm going to start helping the UK.
I don't know if he came to them. No, he came to them. He became disillusioned with the Soviet Union. And he's like, I think I'm going to start helping the UK.
Yeah, which is pretty useful, as a matter of fact. Yeah, he was hugely helpful just over like 18 months and then he was caught and executed. But I think at that time he gave up 5000 photos of Soviet documents to MI6.
Yeah, which is pretty useful, as a matter of fact. Yeah, he was hugely helpful just over like 18 months and then he was caught and executed. But I think at that time he gave up 5000 photos of Soviet documents to MI6.
Yeah, which is pretty useful, as a matter of fact. Yeah, he was hugely helpful just over like 18 months and then he was caught and executed. But I think at that time he gave up 5000 photos of Soviet documents to MI6.
Wait, can you say I can't do a very good British accent?
Wait, can you say I can't do a very good British accent?
Wait, can you say I can't do a very good British accent?
Almost always is. So I say we take a break and we come back and talk about one of the most thrilling moments in MI6 history.