Walker, Shaun

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April 16, 2025

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New book explores the real-life KGB spy program that inspired 'The Americans'

In 'The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West', Shaun Walker shares how agents were trained to blend into a target country and pose as citizens.

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