David McCloskey

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The Rest Is Classified · 196. Kim Philby: A KGB Spy in Washington (Ep 1) · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

And in fact, we'll be looking in much more detail at the impact of Philby's betrayal on Angleton in the CIA. voice-verified

in our very special club offering for members that we're doing alongside the series. voice-verified

And you can of course go and join the declassified club at the rest is classified dot com to hear that. voice-verified

But this dramatic impact that Philby will have voice-verified

on the CIA comes out of people like Angleton essentially saying, He's good. voice-verified

We can trust him. voice-verified

Well, welcome back. voice-verified

Kim Philby is installed as head of station in Washington and voice-verified

It's interesting, isn't it, that he's gonna reflect later on that it was more useful to his Soviet handlers to have him in Washington than it had been even when he was running Soviet counterintelligence inside MI6. voice-verified

The whiz. voice-verified

And Wisner, the Wiz, runs what was then called the Office for Policy Coordination, which I think has one of these great euphemic anodynes bureaucratic names that actually, this is the covert action arm. voice-verified

So these are the people who are actually doing some of the most exciting stuff in government. voice-verified

They're actually not coordinating policy, as the name suggests. voice-verified

And again, it's it's this fascinating era. voice-verified

where both CIA and MI6 are kind of voice-verified

finding themselves in the early years of the Cold War. voice-verified

And I mean, they are voice-verified

gonna start planning, both CI and MI6 are gonna start planning operations independently. voice-verified

But very quickly realize that it's more helpful, more useful, more efficient to do it together in voice-verified

do it, it makes sense to coordinate. voice-verified

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