tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1897409587285461192..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Spy Who Bagged MeLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62986792491153593752015-07-20T01:15:19.637-04:002015-07-20T01:15:19.637-04:00ABA, I'm glad you liked The Imitation Game and...ABA, I'm glad you liked The Imitation Game and it's a shame how Turing suffered after giving so much.<br /><br />I agree with you about Silk and Cyanide!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-59265135996604817622015-07-19T23:41:57.654-04:002015-07-19T23:41:57.654-04:00Our Russian super-sleuth must have been soooper-su...Our Russian super-sleuth must have been soooper-subtle if the bookshop owners were sufficiently moved to contact the FBI…!<br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyed <i>The Imitation Game</i>, though the Establishment’s later treatment of Turing was appalling.<br /><br /><i>Between Silk and Cyanide</i> is my favourite behind-the-scenes WW11 autobiography.<br />A Broad Abroadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39029500740589638192015-07-19T18:49:05.076-04:002015-07-19T18:49:05.076-04:00Claire, that's very likely why it proved usefu...Claire, that's very likely why it proved useful in the spy business, exploiting affairs and homosexuality.<br /><br />Leveraging human weakness has been the hallmark of a number of spy affairs. Although the profusion of lies by Christine Keeler made it difficult to see the facts, it's likely John Profumo and, sadly, Stephen Ward were innocent of spying, but the Macmillan government had its own agenda, causing the public to believe something far more than an affair occurred.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-83740364013590871682015-07-19T14:18:40.794-04:002015-07-19T14:18:40.794-04:00Hooters...there's a spy thinking with the wron...Hooters...there's a spy thinking with the wrong head. Jeeze.C.S.Poulsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543815556918004433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15322707219025964222015-07-19T11:05:30.360-04:002015-07-19T11:05:30.360-04:00Thanks, Paul. And why not, especially if Russian I...Thanks, Paul. And why not, especially if Russian Intelligence was paying for it!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65222652671952320842015-07-19T01:55:11.585-04:002015-07-19T01:55:11.585-04:00If I was a spy I'd want to meet at Hooters, Le...If I was a spy I'd want to meet at Hooters, Leigh :) . Interesting piece.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com