In 1976, the CIA’s Moscow station heard some excellent news. One of its most prized sources, a well-placed Soviet diplomat who’d turned on the regime, had been transferred back to Moscow.

“White Lotus” costume designer Alex Bovaird revealed that ... American whose legend is that he may have been a spy for the CIA, and that he fell in love with Thai textiles and opened a factory.

The spy business is all about masking the truth. One CIA agent’s deceptions and sham identities were so enterprising that he earned the nickname “Master of Disguise.” The spy business is all ...