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Gen. Oleg Kalugin, the ex-operative offered CIA documents to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in 1973.
NYU library acquires the papers of Philip Agee, renegade spy Jeff Stein 2010
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Gen. Oleg Kalugin, the ex-operative offered CIA documents to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City in 1973.
NYU library acquires the papers of Philip Agee, renegade spy Jeff Stein 2010
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Donovan: We have an ex-operative that actually is a consultant on our show that Matt Nix and the other writers have access to, so everything that is put into the show gets vetted through him before we air it.
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The ex-operative was getting a wee careless in his retirement.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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If you're able and willing to travel, You Know Who has got a speck of work for an ex-operative with your particular experience.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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The ex-operative was getting a wee careless in his retirement.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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If you're able and willing to travel, You Know Who has got a speck of work for an ex-operative with your particular experience.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Jury hears tapes from interview with ex-operative A former New York Times reporter who interviewed an anti-communist militant about masterminding deadly 1997 bombings in Cuba is continuing her unwilling testimony at his perjury trial.
The Seattle Times 2011
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NYC mayor to take stand in ex-operative's trial Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to take the stand in a grand larceny trial Monday, answering questions from prosecutors who say he was bilked out of more than $1 million and from defense lawyers who claim he is using the case to cover up unsavory campaign practices.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Times reporter likely could spill more government secrets if not kept locked up pending his trial, the Justice Department warned in a court filing that casts the ex-operative as untrustworthy and dangerous.
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