Discovered SPY WARS WITH DAMIAN LEWIS over the weekend.
Host Damian Lewis invites you into the world of clandestine ops as he examines some of the modern era's most remarkable intelligence and security missions. Through declassified items and firsthand accounts from high-ranking officials from the FBI, CIA, KGB, and MI6, we reveal stories of daring escapes, thrilling rescues, notorious spy swaps, and undercover stings, featuring a cast of double agents, moles, heroes, and traitors.
https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/s...-lewis/1006391
Yesterday, Mrs. U and I watched the one entitled: "The Spies Next Door" - It was the biggest East-West swap since the Cold War: four CIA and MI6 agents traded for ten deep cover Russian agents caught posing as Americans across the country. The 2010 spy exchange itself was global news, but the events leading up to and following the trade would shock the world to its core. Join host Damian Lewis as he details the Russian plot and how the undoing of this operation marked the beginning of a new era of espionage with an ex-KGB spymaster at its heart: Vladimir Putin. - Eventually, it is alleged that Putin's people poisoned one of the people that he'd freed.
We wondered if the show "The Americans" is modeled after this episode. (This episode will be on 5/16 at 5:00 pm)
https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/s...006391/3480100
We haven't put it on our One-Pass yet, but we might.
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