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Re:How to explain the KGB's success identifying CIA agents i... by boh_grey on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @02:41AM (#33716305)
I can't believe you left out the interview with Tim Weiner, author of Legacy of Ashes:

https://youtu.be/wGeqoQeJj8Y

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Re:How to explain the KGB's success identifying CIA agents i... by mhoad on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @02:45AM (#33716339)
Hadn’t seen it myself yet, thanks for the recommendation!
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Re:How to explain the KGB's success identifying CIA agents i... by eastbayjake on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:24AM (#33720311)
And can't recommend enough Legacy of Ashes itself for people who are interested in the CIA, 20th century US history, and modern statecraft.

If you don't have time for a 20-hour read, Adam Gopnik's New Yorker piece "Are Spies More Trouble Than They're Worth?" is a good 15-minute synopsis: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/02/are-spies-more...

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