The Spy With No Name | CIA

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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National security journalist Zach Dorfman returns to True Spies with the tantalising tale of one of the War on Terror's most secretive undercover operatives. Known only by his pseudonym, this CIA spy delivered intel directly to the highest echelons of power - and paid a heavy price for his success. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is true spies, the podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:09.6	Week by week, you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.
0:16.6	You'll meet the people who live life undercover. What do they know?
0:22.1	What are their skills?
0:23.9	And what would you do in their position?
0:27.3	I'm Rihanna Needs, and this is True Spies from Spyscape Studios.
0:33.7	If you're just thinking, we've got to kill all the terrorists, then you're not going to see the value in somebody who says,
0:39.5	no, I see the trends, and I understand where the thinking is going and the schisms,
0:43.8	and I can see where things are going to be six months for a year from now.
0:48.5	The spy with no name.
0:51.1	Fall 2016
0:52.7	Kuala Lumpur.
0:58.3	In a hotel room tucked away from the bustling streets of Malaysia's capital lies a body.
1:05.4	The circumstances surrounding his death are a little bit muddy.
1:09.3	Some folks characterize it as a suicide,
1:11.6	and other folks characterize it as an accidental overdose.
1:15.6	The corpse represents the end of one of modern spycraft's most secretive careers.
1:21.6	There are some folks who are not convinced that he died of an overdose or a suicide.
1:30.0	And this always happens when CIA officers die abroad.
1:34.6	The remains of this officer will be returned to the United States
1:38.4	and interred without fanfare.
1:41.4	His real name will go with him.
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