December 29, 2022
Ian Fleming took the name “James Bond” from a famous ornithologist. In exchange, Fleming told the real Bond he could give a horrible bird the name “Ian Fleming.”
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Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
The cloak-and-dagger world of James Bond (inspired by the “ungentlemanly warfare” practiced by author Ian Fleming during World War II) is full of car chases, gun battles, and doomsday plots. In the real world of intelligence gathering, spies can often do more damage with a portable hard drive than
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