In short
Teaser for upcoming episodes of “The Spy Who,” framing three spy stories as infiltration, betrayal, and intelligence tradecraft. Guests/figures: Ana Montez, described as a Cuban intelligence figure in American intelligence who fed information to Fidel Castro; David Rupert, described as infiltrating the IRA and later feeding secrets to MI5; Oleg Gordievsky, described as a KGB colonel who defected to become a prized British asset during the Cold War.
Key claims
each betrayal is portrayed as hard to detect until after damage; Gordievsky’s “flip” is said to have nearly ended the Kremlin.
Notable examples
Montez’s “knife” metaphor; Rupert’s ghost-like IRA infiltration; Gordievsky’s Cold War asset status.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:01You've been waiting. The spy who has been absent, yes, but not without reason. We've been in the shadows, assembling, crafting new episodes, and we want to thank you for your patience. Coming up, we'll hear the tale of David Rupert a man who infiltrated the IRA like a ghost before feeding secrets to MI5 living a life so layered with lies that even he might have forgotten what was real There's also Oleg Gordievsky the KGB colonel who flipped and became Britain's most prized asset during the Cold War a man whose betrayal was so exquisite it, it could have been the end of the Kremlin. But first, in your feeds, you'll hear the story of Ana Montez.
0:52She was Cuba's queen in the heart of American intelligence, feeding information to Castro. A woman who played the game so well that no one saw the knife until it was already in their backs. New episodes of The Spy Who, coming soon. you
From the publisher
Hosts Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey return, unveiling three gripping stories of espionage that changed history: a Cuban mole inside US intelligence, an IRA infiltrator and a KGB colonel turned British asset. New episodes coming to your feed at the end of September.
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