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Germany unmasks a Russian mole at the top of its spy service, just the latest in redux reboot of the 'Year of the Spy'

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Feb 19, 2023
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There's lots of fascinating nuggets in this weekend's story in The Washington Post about the discovery of a Russian mole near the top of a key German intelligence agency.

Your old timely spy. (Unattributed art via GreekCityTimes.com)

Carsten Linke, 52 who was arrested on December 21, oversaw an internal security unit of the BND, Germany’s premier foreign …

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