Chuck
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Yeah. So that's just one example of many where lives were lost due to his intelligence gathering. After World War II, this is when obviously the Americans and the Brits sort of turned toward the Soviet Union and the threat of communism as the main enemy. And, you know, kind of pre-Cold War stuff.
Yeah. So that's just one example of many where lives were lost due to his intelligence gathering. After World War II, this is when obviously the Americans and the Brits sort of turned toward the Soviet Union and the threat of communism as the main enemy. And, you know, kind of pre-Cold War stuff.
And you would think that this would be a tough thing all of a sudden because Philby is really the enemy. But he was so good at what he did, he just had an inside position. So it was not easier, but all of a sudden he was really in the mix.
And you would think that this would be a tough thing all of a sudden because Philby is really the enemy. But he was so good at what he did, he just had an inside position. So it was not easier, but all of a sudden he was really in the mix.
And you would think that this would be a tough thing all of a sudden because Philby is really the enemy. But he was so good at what he did, he just had an inside position. So it was not easier, but all of a sudden he was really in the mix.
I know, man. Yeah.
I know, man. Yeah.
I know, man. Yeah.
Yeah, exactly. Get that old boy cowgirl on it. And Philby was like, oh, that didn't go down like I wanted because I really need to head up this organization and not have this guy cowgirl all of a sudden sniffing down my neck. So he starts a whisper campaign to sort of get cowgirl out of there. That's exactly what happened.
Yeah, exactly. Get that old boy cowgirl on it. And Philby was like, oh, that didn't go down like I wanted because I really need to head up this organization and not have this guy cowgirl all of a sudden sniffing down my neck. So he starts a whisper campaign to sort of get cowgirl out of there. That's exactly what happened.
Yeah, exactly. Get that old boy cowgirl on it. And Philby was like, oh, that didn't go down like I wanted because I really need to head up this organization and not have this guy cowgirl all of a sudden sniffing down my neck. So he starts a whisper campaign to sort of get cowgirl out of there. That's exactly what happened.
And within a few months, Philby is standing there, you know, at the ready to take over a Soviet spy all of a sudden in charge of the Soviet counterintelligence for MI6. So McIntyre in his book, this is a pretty fun quote. He said, the fox was not merely guarding the hen house, but building it, running it, assessing its strengths and frailties and planning its future construction.
And within a few months, Philby is standing there, you know, at the ready to take over a Soviet spy all of a sudden in charge of the Soviet counterintelligence for MI6. So McIntyre in his book, this is a pretty fun quote. He said, the fox was not merely guarding the hen house, but building it, running it, assessing its strengths and frailties and planning its future construction.
And within a few months, Philby is standing there, you know, at the ready to take over a Soviet spy all of a sudden in charge of the Soviet counterintelligence for MI6. So McIntyre in his book, this is a pretty fun quote. He said, the fox was not merely guarding the hen house, but building it, running it, assessing its strengths and frailties and planning its future construction.
Oh, great. I'll take that.
Oh, great. I'll take that.
Oh, great. I'll take that.