DiscoverStuff They Don't Want You To KnowWhy are so many spies getting busted?
Why are so many spies getting busted?

Why are so many spies getting busted?

Update: 2025-03-263
Share

Description

Forget pretty much everything you've heard about James Bond. While loosely based on espionage tactics of yesteryear, actual human-based tradecraft is far less glamorous -- around the globe, intelligence organizations make long-term investments in games that run for decades, carefully cultivating assets with such secrecy that, true story, some folks genuinely don't know who they're working for. In recent years, an extraordinary amount of these individuals have been arrested, tortured, murdered, or simply... disappeared. So what's going on? Why are so many spies getting busted? Tonight, Ben, Matt and Noel aim to find out.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comments (1)

Eugen Gross

Very interesting Show. You might want to Look into the Case of CIA Agent Valerie Plame, who got deliberately compromised by the George W. Bush administration out of spite. She just recently gave an interview to the podcast spycast.

Mar 27th
Reply
In Channel
CLASSIC: What is "Qanon"?

CLASSIC: What is "Qanon"?

2025-05-0901:16:07

The Prophecy of the Popes

The Prophecy of the Popes

2025-05-0701:09:13

Operation Ghost Stories

Operation Ghost Stories

2025-04-2301:11:21

loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Why are so many spies getting busted?

Why are so many spies getting busted?

iHeartPodcasts