![]() ![]() But in recounting every aspect of espionage tradecraft, in addition to each problem that arises in the courtship of Gordievsky by British intelligence and the histories of all of the many MI6 agents who ran him, not to mention the ever-so-complicated details of Gordievsky’s “exfiltration” from the Soviet Union, Macintyre’s story sometimes bogs down. Macintyre has terrific material to work with, and in general he keeps a firm grip on it. agent Aldrich Ames, although, in fact, both men were spies for, and traitors to, the country they served. The spy of Macintyre’s title is Gordievsky, the traitor is the American C.I.A. ![]() The Spy and the Traitor is the latest of Ben Macintyre’s nonfiction narratives about spies of the last century, operating in wars hot and cold. ![]()
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