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Hostage Diplomacy Between China, Canada and the United States

The Lawfare Podcast

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How Does This Look Like a Spy Trade?

In your book, you describe a case that you were involved in that actually produced a spy trade. And it's one that i'v it's a case that i've been thinking about a lot in connection with this. It's the case of the so called illegals, on which the series the americans was based very, very loosely. You know, yougis rolled up this ring of russian spies. They get prosecuted, and then basically the president swoops in and they get traded for russians being held.

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