“Every westerner who goes to Moscow knows that some girl may get into his bedroom, but people continue to get trapped… It’s human nature, I suppose.”
Phillip Knightley, author of “The Second Oldest Profession — Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century”
Lewis Morley’s 1963 portrait of Christine Keeler became an iconic image of the cold war.
The long, distinguished and surprisingly varied list of known KGB entrapment victims since World War II proves that no category of western resident in Moscow has been immune from the charms of Soviet “swallows” and “ravens”. “Honey traps” may indeed be a Russian specialty, but let us not forget that, just like hacking, all Intel Agencies are using the old technique. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today Continue reading
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