Double agent
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A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. Double agents may be agents of the target organization who infiltrate the controlling organization, or may be previously loyal agents of the controlling organization who have been captured and turned by the target.
Double agents are often used to transmit disinformation or to identify other agents as part of counter-espionage operations.
List of double agents
- Aldrich Ames
- April Fool
- George Blake
- Guy Burgess
- Mathilde Carré
- Eddie Chapman (Codename Zig-Zag)
- Juan Pujol Garcia (Garbo)
- Oleg Gordievsky
- Mikel Lejarza
- Katrina Leung
- Sir Samuel Morland
- Mutt and Jeff
- Arthur Owens (Snow)
- Kim Philby (Soviet/British)
- Dusko Popov (Tricycle)
- Johann Wenzel
- Richard Willis