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Double Agents

12/12/2021

The Hidden Story of the West's Most Important Double Agent

by Tim Tate

How and why did the CIA turn on Michal Gleniewski, a Polish defector who was one of the most valuable intelligence assets of the Cold War?

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Double Agents

The Hidden Story of the West's Most Important Double Agent

by Tim Tate