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A steal.
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Not exactly news, more ‘history repeating’…
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Couldn’t they try to find the ones overseas? Would be too easy.
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It seems it’s really one of the murkiest, most difficult jobs thinkable. Rarely are these investigations clean cut and provide irrefutable courtroom-grade evidence*. In the end, if the spy in question doesn’t confess, it’s a long and winding puzzle that oftentimes remains unsolved. I suspect, had Philby not jumped the ship in time and appeared in Moscow, there’d still be friends, acquaintances and any number of writers defending him.
And some would even be honest in their belief.
*This purely based on anecdotal evidence and the lecture of various books and articles on the topic, not any professional insight or contacts.
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So all those moles in M.I. and JB movies it’s not that unbelievable, they have it also for real.
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An obscure piece of news from the ongoing shadow war - with a definite Casino Royale influence…
The operative described the scheme in Oleh and Serhiy’s case: the black rucksack contained a homemade explosive device, packed with screws and nails; the smaller bag held a white box containing a less powerful explosive device.
This box had a small hole cut into it, with a cameraphone that transmitted geolocation and images of the surroundings to Alexander, who was also speaking to Oleh on a Telegram call. He could watch video of Oleh’s location in real time and direct him to a suitable spot packed with people. Then, as Oleh waited for the command to remove the supposed paint canister from the bag, the curator would detonate both devices, by calling the phones attached to them.
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And what a disgustlingly horrifying idea.
Gogol would never have done that.
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