What’s your idea of a female spy? A smouldering double agent? A ruthless femme fatale as good at seducing men as she is at putting a bullet through them? Or a chilling tactician, a high priestess of spydom, who presides over lesser spooks and stops at nothing to get the job done? Well, popular culture just got some fresh grist for its many-splendoured image of the female spy.
This week US President Donald Trump announced that his pick for the next CIA director was Gina Haspel, an award-winning intelligence officer who has spent most of her career in undercover operations. Once ...
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First Published: Sat, March 17 2018. 05:59 IST
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