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president of Russia
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English statesman
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Noor Inayat Khan
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Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame
president of Rwanda
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
American intelligence contractor
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king of France
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning
United States Army intelligence analyst
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
American politician
Aaron Bank
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John Brennan
John Brennan
American intelligence officer
John Cairncross
British civil servant and spy
John M. Deutch
American government official
Ralph Van Deman
United States general
Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko
Russian security agent
Coats, Dan
Dan Coats
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Church, Frank; Carter, Jimmy
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Porter Goss
American politician
John Negroponte.
John Negroponte
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