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An Ordinary Spy.(Brief article)(Book review)

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A C.I.A. operative on his first mission abroad becomes intimately involved with a potential source; quickly returned to the U.S. and summarily fired, he continues to be fascinated by another case gone awry, a few years earlier. A mysterious postcard, listing only a onetime agent's address in New Hampshire, sends him on a quest to find out the story behind TDTRACER and LXMALIBU, two informers whose files only hint at ...

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