If the R.A. has a secret weapon, it is patience. And no one has more patience than the "Ladies of the North."
The rivalry is rooted in the divergent origins of the two agencies: Spy Stories- Inside the Secret World of the R.A...
In the lexicon of the R.A., an officer in the field is a "Janus." Named for the two-faced Roman god, a Janus lives with a permanent split identity. To their neighbors in a nondescript flat in Istanbul or Berlin, they are a trade attaché or a logistics consultant. To their handlers back at Headquarters (HQ), they are a number and a voice on a briefcase satellite phone. If the R
In the pantheon of modern mythology, few figures capture the imagination quite like the spy. From the suave, martini-swilling glamour of James Bond to the gritty, morally ambiguous chess games of John le Carré’s George Smiley, popular culture has trained us to expect silenced pistols, invisible ink, and dead drops in foggy parks. To their neighbors in a nondescript flat in
Intelligence gathered from a garment supplier in London about Arctic gear being shipped to Pakistan allowed Indian forces to pre-emptively secure the Siachen Glacier .