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Agent 202: The Traitor You’ve Never Heard Of

Why the longest-running turncoat inside the U.S. Intelligence Community has been almost entirely ignored by the media

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John Schindler
May 24, 2022
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Why do people betray? What makes Americans “in access,” as the Intelligence Community puts it, decide to pass secrets to hostile intelligence services? That’s a hazardous undertaking, since in the United States there’s no statute of limitations for espionage charges and the sentences are stiff. Nevertheless, people keep betraying. Why do trusted people …

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