Mr. Curious! :mastodon:<p>A recently published book, The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spy</span></a> in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a>, by the former <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> security correspondent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GordonCorera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GordonCorera</span></a>, references the episode:</p><p>The book revealed - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> was concerned that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MI6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MI6</span></a> has a mole in it's senior ranks. That immediately sends chills through the spine of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CounterIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CounterIntelligence</span></a> officers, amid panic about ‘another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philby</span></a>’.</p><p>So <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MI5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MI5</span></a> launched <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationWedlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationWedlock</span></a>, &amp; it lasted up to 20 years, but they found nothing in the end.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/27/uk-spy-operation-wedlock-suspected-russian-double-agent-mi6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/27/uk-spy-operation-wedlock-suspected-russian-double-agent-mi6</span></a></p>