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Gordon Corera
@gordoncorera.bsky.social
Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
https://linktr.ee/gordoncorera
The book tells the remarkable story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an introverted, obsessive archivist who stole the KGB's secrets. Turned away by the CIA, he was brought out by MI6. The book also explores how the KGB never died and how that led to the rise of Vladimir Putin and the world we live in today.
January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Putin had 'rather sinister looking eyes' and said: ‘It’s the duty of people like you to stand between the terrorist and their victim. And you failed.’
"So it wasn’t a successful meeting," Eliza Manningham-Buller recalls.
A taster of the interview is here for non-members. linktr.ee/triclassified
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thanks George for the comments. And I will definitely pass that on to Mr McCloskey…….
July 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thanks for enjoying the podcast! The US version of the book is not out till January so you may have to hang on a little!
May 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM