Remember when we all used to wonder who the agent was? The spy in our midst? The infiltrator who was spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt? The provocateur who was spinning wild schemes of gratuitous violence and plotting revolutionary crime sprees?
Well, we soon figured out that yes, even paranoids have real enemies and yes, there were spies everywhere. The Washington D.C. area was especially fertile ground for infiltrating radical groups. Besides the state, county and local cops, every major government intelligence agency was there along with the US military. Not to mention whatever undercover agents and informants various foreign powers may have had running around.
It was the old Mad Magazine Spy vrs. Spy vrs Spy come to life in living color....Agent 99 on speed....Inspector Closeau cloned and programmed....
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