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Philby 1. Harold Adrian Russell, known as Kim. 1912--88, English double agent; defected to the Soviet Union (1963) 2. his father, H(arry) Saint John (Bridger). 1885--1960, British explorer, civil servant, and Arabist How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The exposure of Soviet moles Blake, Philby, Burgess, and Maclean during the 1950s and '60s, the exposure of Anthony Blunt in 1979, and of John Cairncross, Theodore Hall, and Aldrich Ames in the 1990s provided proof for the charges by Soviet defector Golitsyn and former CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton that Communist moles--and more importantly, the political elites who protected them--did indeed still lethally compromise Western intelligence organizations. 49) The assumption that birth, wealth, and position meant loyalty and patriotism could be a harmful strategy for the British intelligence community as was visibly shown with the betrayal by young men from top families such as Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, and Kim Philby in the post-World War II era. In each case he examines fictional and actual spies, using real-life examples like Kim Philby, Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen and comparing them to characters from John Le Carre, John Forsyth and Ian Fleming. |
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