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The British during WWII had probably the most successful counter-espionage program in history, because they understood the personal motivations of the people wh
by yodon 7y ago
The British during WWII had probably the most successful counter-espionage program in history, because they understood the personal motivations of the people who were interested in spying on them and used those motivations to their advantage. There are many books on the subject, my favorite of which is [0].
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Double-Cross-Story-D-Day-Spies/dp/0307888754/ https://www.amazon.com/Double-Cross-Story-D-Day-Spies/dp/030...
- mcguire 7y agoOn the other hand, the British intelligence community was riddled with Soviet agents because of their trust in "the right sort of people" like Kim Philby.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoI guess this means that counter espionage is invariably shit? Because the Brits graciously donated Klaus Fuchs[1] to the project, and that was after having him interned at first. To be fair tough, Fuchs made important enough contributions that the Manhattan project might well have been too late to bomb japan before the war ended. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs
- alko4141 7y agoI think mister Philby disagrees with you.