double agent
Example Sentences
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“The evidence at trial does not permit the court to decide whether Guo is, in fact, a dissident or a double agent,” the judge, Lewis J. Liman, wrote.
From New York Times
But those same connections have led detractors to accuse him - including in a US court - of being a double agent working for the Chinese government.
From BBC
But the discovery of a double agent has sent a chill through German political circles.
From New York Times
The alleged double agent was later found guilty of handing over documents to the CIA and Russian intelligence, and sentenced to eight years in prison.
From BBC
A review was first commissioned by the government in 2018 after the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain, and details of that investigation were only released to parliament on Thursday.
From Reuters
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