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Latvia tells citizens how to spot Russian spies

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The Guardian has decided that either I must hand over my data or I must pay to read it so I haven’t read the article.

I think that various spy scandals have taught us that spies are the last people that we would think of as spies.
That would certainty include the average bushcrafter/person.
 
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Pattree said:
The Guardian has decided that either I must hand over my data or I must pay to read it so I haven’t read the article.

I think that various spy scandals have taught us that spies are the last people that we would think of as spies.
That would certainty include the average bushcrafter/person.
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you can read it. I did x
 
>A shabby, unkempt appearance and “insufficient hygiene” might be one telltale sign an agent has gone underground. Other red flags include overly nosy small talk with locals, a short, military-style haircut, or tourists who do not know the terrain but have an unusual amount of outdoor survival equipment such as specialised medical kits, maps or radios.<

Sounds like something from a Harry Enfield guide sketch.
 
Lean'n'mean said:
>A shabby, unkempt appearance and “insufficient hygiene” might be one telltale sign an agent has gone underground. Other red flags include overly nosy small talk with locals, a short, military-style haircut, or tourists who do not know the terrain but have an unusual amount of outdoor survival equipment such as specialised medical kits, maps or radios.<

Sounds like something from a Harry Enfield guide sketch.
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There's also a slightly more sinister implication.

Basically, the right-on Graun has just suggested that if you're a young homeless chap that the council "housed" by giving them a tent, if you're homeless ex-forces living in a tent/rough, if you're a neurodiverse "backwoods" enthusiast- then the Graun is happy to see you labelled as a possible Russion spy. :rolleyes:

I can't help thinking that a Russian spy woud learn far more by getting a cleaner job for a company that cleans Civil Service offices in Whitehall.... or by sipping lattes in a cafe in King's Place......

GC
 
GreyCat said:
There's also a slightly more sinister implication.

Basically, the right-on Graun has just suggested that if you're a young homeless chap that the council "housed" by giving them a tent, if you're homeless ex-forces living in a tent/rough, if you're a neurodiverse "backwoods" enthusiast- then the Graun is happy to see you labelled as a possible Russion spy. :rolleyes:

I can't help thinking that a Russian spy woud learn far more by getting a cleaner job for a company that cleans Civil Service offices in Whitehall.... or by sipping lattes in a cafe in King's Place......

GC
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It's the Latvian government you have to blame for this suggestion, not the Guardian, who are just reporting it!

Apparently here, they get jobs as fruit pickers on a farm right next to RAF Lakenheath... and no doubt many other similar jobs as you say.
 
Pattree said:
I wonder what a British spy in Russia looks like. Quite dapper if the film industry is any guide.
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buildings around here don't have numbers, except a bunch of houses in the nearby village (supposedly for sla... eerrhh... workers for the banana mafia) which have 3digit 00 numbers... 007 had for a while a lot of cops hanging around...

not sure if that story is true, but i remember reading somewhere that a lot of female soviet radio operators who got dropped behind german lines were caught because their underwear was all supplied by the same factory -- which the GERMans found out...
 
forrestdweller said:
buildings around here don't have numbers, except a bunch of houses in the nearby village (supposedly for sla... eerrhh... workers for the banana mafia) which have 3digit 00 numbers... 007 had for a while a lot of cops hanging around...

not sure if that story is true, but i remember reading somewhere that a lot of female soviet radio operators who got dropped behind german lines were caught because their underwear was all supplied by the same factory -- which the GERMans found out...
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No chance the factory was 'Victoria's Secret' ??
 
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