标题: A Spook's Story (spook = spy) [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-10-2025 15:21 标题: A Spook's Story (spook = spy) Obituary Oleg | Gordievsky; The KGB officer who changed sides died on March 4th, aged 86. The Economist, Mar 29, 2025, at page 82.
Note:
() "Oleg * * * Finding clever deadletter spots; practising brushpasts"
(i) Oleg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg
("The feminine equivalent is Olga")
(ii)
(A) For "deadletter spots," see dead drop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_drop
("or dead letter box * * * This method stands in contrast to the live drop, which involves a face-to-face exchange")
(B) English dictionary:
* dead letter https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20letter
^ In ordinary English, definitions of dead letter is different from that in spycraft.
* No online English dictionary has noun brushpast.
(b) "The British had been late to cultivate him, too. It took a year. They clearly thought he might be a provocation. * * * That saviour was now in the boot of a diplomatic car"
(i) provocation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provocation
(nat refer to: agent provocateur)
(ii) For boot, see trunk (car)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_(car)
