double agent

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Think of Mike Buckley as a kind of double agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

And in 2018, the UK said Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in the British cathedral city of Salisbury.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

One police officer, Evelyn Tardiff, has long served as a double agent within the mobster’s circle, and Armand has grown unsure of her loyalties, fearing that “he no longer knew whose side she was on.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

He then contacted MI6 saying he had been paid by Iran after passing on false information and said he wanted to be a "double agent".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

In fact, his shoddy work may well have been the key to his success as a double agent.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau