The Spy Who Collected People
From overseas postings to the top CIA seat at the FBI, Karen Schaffer learned the same lesson everywhere she went – you're only as good as the people who'll pick up your call.
Dexter Ingram: Declassified
Inside stories from the frontlines, the tradecraft behind real espionage, and how to break into national security. A career from the Navy to State Department to INTERPOL, now declassified. Author of The Spy Archive.
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