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  • In no class of the community were these national traits more conspicuous in the early days of the war than in the ranks of the amateur spy-catching fraternity and sisterhood -- for the amateur spy-catcher never caught a spy.

    Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 1893

  • The idea started life in the pages of a novel by Basil Thomson, philanderer, spy-catcher and former tutor to the king of Siam.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • His analysis "documents for the first time that the chief investigator hired by Hiss's attorneys to help prepare Hiss's libel suit was in fact an undercover Army spy-catcher," according to a press release from the SPO.

    CHE > Latest news 2010

  • James Angleton, a famous CIA spy-master and spy-catcher, whom Gordon Thomas had interviewed, summarized this unhealthy relationship between intelligence and politics by these words, quoted in the book: "Secrecy from public scrutiny leads to often uncheckable and different accounts of the same events, which are often contradictory and distorted."

    Canada Free Press 2009

  • James Angleton, a famous CIA spy-master and spy-catcher, whom Gordon Thomas had interviewed, summarized this unhealthy relationship between intelligence and politics by these words, quoted in the book: "Secrecy from public scrutiny leads to often uncheckable and different accounts of the same events, which are often contradictory and distorted."

    Nachrichten Heute (Nachrichten Heute, Hintergrundinformationen und Berichte) : Kurzversion 2009

  • 'Who knows,' wrote top Pentagon spy-catcher Pakistani security forces kill 15 militants in separate clashes in northwest, officials say Officials say Pakistani security forces kill 15 militants in several clashes Bill Clinton says he supports Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • She is quickly robbed of her money and belongings by the man she hired to take her to Russian headquarters, and is saved from being carried off by bandits by a group that includes Erast Fandorin, the close-mouthed spy-catcher (counter-intelligence agent).

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • He foi led an assassination attempt against President-elect Lincoln in 1861, and in the Civil War became effective head of the U.S. secret service, but while he was an efficient spy-catcher - he broke the Confederate espionage ring operated in Washington by the glamorous Rose Greenhow (see also Note 43) - he was less successful as gatherer of military intelligence, and his over-estimation of Confederate strength in the peninsular campaign contributed to a Union reverse.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • He foiled an assassination attempt against President-elect Lincoln in 1861, and in the Civil War became effective head of the U.S. secret service, but while he was an efficient spy-catcher - he broke the Confederate espionage ring operated in Washington by the glamorous Rose Greenhow (see also Note 43) - he was less successful as a gatherer of military intelligence, and his over-estimation of Confederate strength in the peninsular campaign contributed to a Union reverse.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • He foi led an assassination attempt against President-elect Lincoln in 1861, and in the Civil War became effective head of the U.S. secret service, but while he was an efficient spy-catcher - he broke the Confederate espionage ring operated in Washington by the glamorous Rose Greenhow (see also Note 43) - he was less successful as gatherer of military intelligence, and his over-estimation of Confederate strength in the peninsular campaign contributed to a Union reverse.

    Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

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