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All right. All right. Welcome to True Spies, Brief History, we're living through an era in which the impact of spies, subterfuge and covert influence is increasingly visible.

We're bombarded with news about foreign interference, wartime propaganda and threats from cyberspace. And that's just for starters. But how did we get here?

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we'll bring you up to speed on the past, present and possible future of this ancient profession.

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He said, John, we don't employ women. How can you exclude half the population

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