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ARTWORK: Xuming Du
What makes you betray your own country? Whilst it’s no secret that spies operate worldwide, there are many spies that often act as double agents, betraying their own country for another. Such spies share valuable information and documents that often end up costing the careers and lives of their fellow agents. According to Keith Melton, an intelligence historian, such double agents typically don’t last “more than 5 years”. Upon being discovered, they face heavy charges and penalties, both themselves and their families are usually endangered, and they are often executed. In light of such high costs, what makes spies defect?
lured into becoming a foreign spy AUTHOR: ISHA SINGHAL
CW: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A BRIEF REFERENCE TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
