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The hosts referenced the title as a classic spy story, noting how it portrayed American agents in Moscow trying to evade the KGB or FSB. They highlighted the novel's depiction of elaborate tradecraft used to lose a tail and go "black" in CIA terminology. The discussion was descriptive rather than a strong endorsement.
Episode: A Troubling C.I.A. Admission
The hosts referenced the Red Sparrow novels as classic spy stories that depict American agents in Moscow trying to evade the KGB or FSB.
Let's think back to classic spy movies or classic spy novels. You know, the Red Sparrow novels, they talk about American spies in Moscow going to meet a source, spending hours trying to elude the KGB or FSB tail, and that they were just doing all these elaborate moves to lose the tail, to go black in the parlance of the CIA.