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David Cornwell, George Smiley and Alec Guinness
A few days ago my cousin Ben Wittes devoted his podcast, In Lieu of Fun, to John le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell. Ben and his podner, Kate Klonick, had as their guest Pete Strzok; this was a certifiably … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged A Legacy of Spies, Alec Guinness, Ben Wittes, Bridge on the River Kwai, Call For The Dead, David Cornwell, Great Expectations, Honourable School Boy, In Lieu of Fun, John le Carre, Kate Klonick, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Peter Strzok, Pride and Prejudice, Smiley's People, spycraft, The Horse's Mouth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tunes of Glory
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Impeachment hearings are all about non-fictional and fictional storytelling
A few months ago I first heard someone on TV talk about “the server in the Ukraine.” It was a Republican congressman talking, and he was behaving in a way I’ve now come to realize is the delivery system for … Continue reading
Posted in Mueller investigation, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged A Spy Among Us, alternative facts, Ben Macintyre, David Cornwell, House Intelligence Committee hearings, impeachment, Jim Jordan, Kim Philby, Mueller report, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Trump
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Part 2. Triple Cross: an eerie encounter with Russian spies
Somewhere in the middle of my tandem read and re-read of A Spy Among Friends and Tinker Tailor, I began to smell odors emitting from our immediate Russian spy situation in the United States. Which often reads more like fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Ben Macintyre, Carter Page, CIA, David Cornwell, Donald Maclean, FBI, Guy Burgess, Harold Macmillan, J. Edgar Hoover, James Angleton, Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions, Kim Philby, Marcus Lipton, MI5, MI6, Paul Manafort, Spy Among Friends, The Third Man, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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