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Tina Rosenberg on the British spy novelist who hoodwinked Hitler

By Scott Horton

Tina Rosenberg on the British spy novelist who hoodwinked Hitler

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Unmasking the court of no appeal

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A secret federal surveillance tribunal takes exception to the Bill of Rights

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Readings — From the November 1994 issue

Aldrich Ames and the CIA’s dark history

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Turning a blind eye to spies

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The dishonorable spy

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The state of the art of Alger Hiss

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A surfeit of spies

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A chain is as strong as its most confused link

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Spies by the thousands

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The CIA under fire

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