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And while life in Moscow may be duller than New York, Boston, New Jersey, Seattle and Washington, D.C., where the 11 Russians charged last week allegedly lived as long-term, deep-penetration agents, it won't be too bad, either, if their predecessors 'experience is any guide.
Past Russian spies have found post-swap life gets a bit sticky 2010
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Israel Defense Force Sayeret Matkal Branch — Sayeret Matkal is a deep-penetration unit that has been involved in assassinations, the theft of foreign (US) defense, financial, industrial and diplomatic secrets and the theft and destruction of foreign weapons and research facilities.
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Hayhanen and Abel were illegals but not deep-penetration sleeper agents.
Espionage History and the 'Russian 10' Harvey Klehr And John Earl Haynes 2010
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… They had to change over from large-scale operations and deep-penetration helicopter and tank assaults to defense of their outposts, digging in and carrying out small search operations.
How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010
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He had come up against their hunter-killer teams: autonomous deep-penetration units that wreaked havoc behind enemy lines.
Extreme Measures Vince Flynn 2009
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Trusting no one, scheming always, Angleton was searching for a mole-in the jargon of spies, "a deep-penetration agent," a senior American official secretly controlled by the Kremlin, burrowed deep into the inner sanctum of the CIA.
Deadly Mole 2008
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Trusting no one, scheming always, Angleton was searching for a mole-in the jargon of spies, "a deep-penetration agent," a senior American official secretly controlled by the Kremlin, burrowed deep into the inner sanctum of the CIA.
Deadly Mole 2008
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The KGB has always been in the market for moles, or "deep-penetration agents," as they are more properly known.
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Flying high over Saudi Arabia, the EF-111A will jam Iraqi long-range radars and fly flank guard for deep-penetration strikes against targets far inside Iraq.
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It has become rote to say that in order to crack secretive terrorist cells the CIA needs to hire more Arabic-speaking case officers who can in turn recruit deep-penetration agents -- HUMINT (human intelligence) in spy jargon.
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