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He was secretly working as a double agent for the Americans during the war.
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Later that decade, alarm bells started going off within the CIA and FBI over the arrest and execution of numerous double agents feeding secrets to the United States.
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Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Although Putin had previously denounced Skripal as a traitor, the inquiry said there was nothing to suggest the double agent had been at imminent risk or that more could have been done to protect him.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
Rattenfänger is also planning a brutal cyberattack that will affect all of the Western world — leading Bond to team up with the remaining double agents and a handful of allies to stop the evil at hand.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Although Putin had previously denounced Skripal as a traitor, the inquiry said there was nothing to suggest the double agent had been at imminent risk or that more could have been done to protect him.
—Reuters, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
Rattenfänger is also planning a brutal cyberattack that will affect all of the Western world — leading Bond to team up with the remaining double agents and a handful of allies to stop the evil at hand.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
His boss seems unusually chill with the deception, mostly because this lad might be helpful for sniffing out other moles and double agents in their field.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Double agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20agent. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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