le Carre speaks
a remarkable piece on spy agencies by John Le Carre, occasioned by the coming film adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mosl...nostalgia.html
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"Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill
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