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The secret police of Camorr under Duke Nicovante. Headed by an agent with the code name 'The Spider', revealed to be Dona Angiavesta Vorchenza, later passed on to Don and Dona Salvara: The Lies of Locke Lamora: Book Order of Mata Nui: Bionicle: Penitus Oculatus: Secret security and special operations branch of the Imperial Guards: The Elder ...
During the 1960s trend for action-adventure spy thrillers, it was a common practice for fictional spy organizations or their nemeses to employ names that were contrived acronyms. Sometimes these acronyms' expanded meanings made sense, but most of the time they were words incongruously crammed together for the mere purpose of obtaining a catchy ...
Agent Larabee from the 1960s spy satire/parody sitcom, Get Smart; Agent Six from Generator Rex; Agent Smith of The Matrix (franchise) Agent Vinod, from the 1977 and 2012 Indian spy films of the same name; Alec Leamas, in the 1965 film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Alexander Scott, from the TV series I Spy
Maxim Isaev, a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany under the name Max Otto von Stierlitz, tasked with disrupting the secret negotiations aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies and bringing Nazi personnel under the US aegis.
The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted ; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity ...
The NFL playoff schedule is about to be set, with the wild-card dates and times for every matchup to be revealed during Week 18.
A spy violating its own country's laws can be imprisoned for espionage or/and treason (which in the United States and some other jurisdictions can only occur if they take up arms or aids the enemy against their own country during wartime), or even executed, as the Rosenbergs were.
Name When Allegiance Agency/Organization/Service Motojiro Akashi: 1904 Japan: Akashi Kikan Vera Atkins: 1944 United Kingdom: Special Operations Executive: Lavrentiy Beria: 1938 Soviet Union: NKVD: Arturo Bocchini: 1927–1940 Fascist Italy: OVRA: Wilhelm Canaris: 1935 Nazi Germany: Abwehr: Thomas Cromwell: 1533 Kingdom of England: William J ...