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The Spy and the Traitor Is the Astonishing story of a Cold War Superspy 

Ben Macintyre’s wonderful The Spy and the Traitor complements and enhances Gordievsky’s first-person account. It reveals the dramatic role played by MI6 in recruiting and cultivating a serving KGB insider – and keeping him alive against the odds. Gordievsky’s British contacts were a colourful bunch. Some were upper-class cold war adventurers. Others were gifted working-class...

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Trump’s Order to Reveal Docs Could Undermine FISA System 

“If your problem with the Carter Page warrant is that the standard is too lax, your claim is not that the system is abused, it’s that the system is abusive,” Vladeck continued. “The way to fix an abusive system is not to cherry-pick cases. The way to fix the system to reform it.” Trump’s Order to...

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Discredited Documentarian James O’Keefe Hypes ‘Deep State’ Investigation

Pseudo-documentarian James O’Keefe is hyping his video, “Unmasking the Deep State.” I say “pseudo,” not because of his conservative politics, but because of his lack of professionalism. Diverse ideological viewpoints are welcome on this site. Dishonest hacks are not. A review of O’Keefe’s work shows he is an unreliable reporter, who has been disowned by credible...