Chuck

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.

And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

So if he was like a charming guy in England with that accent and his drinking ability, he was like just multiply that times 100 in the United States as far as the charm factor goes.

So if he was like a charming guy in England with that accent and his drinking ability, he was like just multiply that times 100 in the United States as far as the charm factor goes.