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  • At least four other of Moscow's "illegals" in the West, and the infamous British double agent Kim Philby, who barely escaped capture by London's spycatchers, were also so honored.

    Past Russian spies have found post-swap life gets a bit sticky 2010

  • At least four other of Moscow's "illegals" in the West and the infamous British double agent Kim Philby, who barely escaped capture by London's spycatchers, were also so honored.

    Russian spies often showcased on postage stamps 2010

  • The fiasco painfully illustrates a disheartening truth for U.S. spycatchers: the old tricks of the trade for tracking spooks may no longer be enough.

    Open Secret 2008

  • Lee was certainly no stranger to the FBI's spycatchers.

    The Slow Boat To China Crew 2008

  • When the news broke last week that accused spy Robert Hanssen allegedly tipped off the Russians to the operation, spycatchers were furious.

    Inside The Spy Tunnel 2007

  • What the smile said was: Do these people really imagine they will get anything of consequence out of me, a man who has spent decades being grilled with scant success by the best spycatchers in the land?

    The angel at his back Jenny Davidson 2006

  • The British obsession with spies and spycatchers continues to seethe.

    The Upper Class and the Underworld Annan, Noel 1989

  • They weren’t motivated by fear of blackmail, they were just awful human beings, and the spycatchers of the time reasoned that their orientation might be tied up withthat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Better late than never: 2009

  • They weren’t motivated by fear of blackmail, they were just awful human beings, and the spycatchers of the time reasoned that their orientation might be tied up withthat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Better late than never: 2009

  • Malvolio: “They weren’t motivated by fear of blackmail, they were just awful human beings, and the spycatchers of the time reasoned that their orientation might be tied up withthat.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Better late than never: 2009

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