
Spying: Hiding in Plain Sight
Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson
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The Greatest Loss of Assets in the Soviet Union
Jim lolson served as a chief of counter intelligence, and he's the author of to catch a spy. Hanson had been passing secrets to the russians since 19 eighties. O'neil was recruited to work under cover, posing as hanson's assistant in his fbi office. He soon couldn't help but notice how attached hanson was to this new gadget. It would take another decade before their eyes turned to an fbi agent by the name of robert hans.
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