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My Lunch With ‘The Spider’ Who Nearly Wrecked the CIA

Cloak and Dagger

Long before Game of Thrones dubbed its spymaster The Spider, James Jesus Angleton earned that name. His internal witch hunts still leave us wondering—madman, genius, or both?

Christopher Dickey
Christopher Dickey 

World News Editor

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Christopher Dickey

Christopher Dickey

World News Editor

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