Kate Leinbaugh
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Dr. Perez was witnessing the steely resolve of a master Russian spy. Maria's silence would be an important trait for years to come. For more than a decade, she and her husband kept lives so unassuming and so low-key, they could melt into the shadows of civilian life. The couple was secretly sending intel back to Moscow, working under what the Americans call non-official cover.
Dr. Perez was witnessing the steely resolve of a master Russian spy. Maria's silence would be an important trait for years to come. For more than a decade, she and her husband kept lives so unassuming and so low-key, they could melt into the shadows of civilian life. The couple was secretly sending intel back to Moscow, working under what the Americans call non-official cover.
Dr. Perez was witnessing the steely resolve of a master Russian spy. Maria's silence would be an important trait for years to come. For more than a decade, she and her husband kept lives so unassuming and so low-key, they could melt into the shadows of civilian life. The couple was secretly sending intel back to Moscow, working under what the Americans call non-official cover.
The Kremlin has another name for it.
The Kremlin has another name for it.
The Kremlin has another name for it.
That's Dan Hoffman, the CIA's former station chief in Moscow.
That's Dan Hoffman, the CIA's former station chief in Moscow.
That's Dan Hoffman, the CIA's former station chief in Moscow.
The illegals are intelligence operatives who work without official ties or protection from their government. Dan is one of the top guys who actually hunted down illegals during his time at the CIA. Illegals aren't conventional spies who might, say, take a posting as a diplomat at an embassy. When those kinds of spies get caught, they just get sent back on a plane home.
The illegals are intelligence operatives who work without official ties or protection from their government. Dan is one of the top guys who actually hunted down illegals during his time at the CIA. Illegals aren't conventional spies who might, say, take a posting as a diplomat at an embassy. When those kinds of spies get caught, they just get sent back on a plane home.
The illegals are intelligence operatives who work without official ties or protection from their government. Dan is one of the top guys who actually hunted down illegals during his time at the CIA. Illegals aren't conventional spies who might, say, take a posting as a diplomat at an embassy. When those kinds of spies get caught, they just get sent back on a plane home.
Diplomatic immunity keeps them out of jail. Russia has done things differently.
Diplomatic immunity keeps them out of jail. Russia has done things differently.
Diplomatic immunity keeps them out of jail. Russia has done things differently.
The illegals can yield valuable gains. In a major coup for the Soviet Union in the 1950s, an undercover spy stole America's atomic secrets while living in Brooklyn.
The illegals can yield valuable gains. In a major coup for the Soviet Union in the 1950s, an undercover spy stole America's atomic secrets while living in Brooklyn.
The illegals can yield valuable gains. In a major coup for the Soviet Union in the 1950s, an undercover spy stole America's atomic secrets while living in Brooklyn.
That illegal used a hollow nickel for coded messages meant for the Soviets. And this kind of spy activity would be mythologized in Russian pop culture.
That illegal used a hollow nickel for coded messages meant for the Soviets. And this kind of spy activity would be mythologized in Russian pop culture.