This is the story of a critical moment in the Cold War … as the Soviet Union faced off with the West in the early 1980s, 3 secret agents faced off in a dangerous game from the shadows. Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game I, BBC 2024
‘There was complete misunderstanding on either side. It was very difficult to determine whom you could trust.’ ibid. US man in the know
This is a dangerous time for the Soviet Union. Almost 40 years into the Cold War the economy is overstretched, the military is unexpectedly entrenched in Afghanistan, and support for communism is faltering. ibid.
Operation RyaN is a running tally of all possible signs that the West is getting ready for nuclear attack. ibid.
June 1982: As British agents seek inside access to Moscow’s Intelligence Service, Oleg Gordievsky joins Russian agents in London. ibid.
The MI5 agents are there to monitor Russian agents in London, identify active agents and monitor their activity. ibid.
‘I became a secret agent for British Intelligence. ibid. Gordievsky
Gordievsky’s lead takes MI5 to Michael Bettaney’s door. ibid.
‘I am Jack Barsky. That’s not the name I was born with … I spent ten years as an illegal undercover agent for the KGB in the United States.’ Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game II
The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West is getting dangerously hot as both sides fail to read the other. American President Reagan is pursuing an aggressive stance. ibid.
The new boss of this desk is Aldrich Ames. ibid.
For the first time the FBI and the CIA have a joint operation running KGB double agents to put America in the lead. ibid.
Ames now knows the double agent who has been swaying Thatcher’ and Reagan’s thinking [Gordievsky]. ibid.
Aldrich Ames has secrets: his divorce and an expensive lifestyle have left him with a $47,000 debt which he is hiding from Rosario. ibid.
In broad daylight Aldrich Ames walks through the front door of the Soviet Embassy with his letter. ibid.
Full Report: Investigation into the illegal immigration activity and extramarital affairs of Lord Lambert, Nigel. Treason I, Sir Martin, Netflix 2022
President of the Supreme Court illegally obtains a visa for 26-year-old lover. ibid.
My enemies are your enemies now. Can you handle that? ibid. Sir Martin to Adam
Adam: You poisoned Angelis?
Kara: With your shiny new security clearance, you’re gonna help me get what I need. ibid.
No, thanks. I’m coming after you. Treason II, Adam to Kara
The CIA has been watching Adam’s rise. It’s meteoric. A string of Intel wins our best agents are missing. And now he’s the youngest-ever head of MI6. We think Adam’s been compromised. ibid. Dede to Maddy
Treason carries a life sentence. ibid. Adam’s mate
What are you doing in London, Kara? These men were on your team in Baku, where you first met Adam Lawrence. You were lovers. Do you still have feelings for him? Stay away from him, Kara. If you do anything the British can lay at your door, we’ll make sure you disappear with a trace. It’s not as if anyone will miss you. Treason III, Russian spy
We’ve received intelligence about a blackmail plot against a British minister. ibid. Adam
I’m here to bring her in and find out why. ibid. Dede to Maddy
The CIA took your daughter. ibid. Kara to Adam
You are a fucking monster. ibid. Maddy to Dede
They used a codename: Dorian. But I knew it could only be you. ibid. Sir Michael to Adam
I’ll make sure the whole world knows you’re a Russian asset. ibid.
Dede, he saw me. He fucking saw me! He knows I was there working with you. Treason IV, Maddy to Dede
He’s a traitor. And we’re going to find them both and bring them in. ibid. Dede to Maddy
I handed over a film of kompromat on Audrey Gatz. ibid. Adam to Maddy
She [Kara] saved all of our lives. Angelis’s files contained evidence of a Russian plot to run Kirby. There’s an MI6 double agent at the heart of it, codename Dorian. Angelis thinks it’s me. ibid.
Will you meet me? I know who blackmailed you. Traitor V, Maddy to Gratz
If you had won, Angelis would have used it as leverage. He has hundreds of files like this, hundreds, on everyone. And they also contain evidence of a Russian plot to install Kirby in Number 10. ibid.
The CIA took him out, and Angelis ordered the hit. ibid.
Patrick is Dorian, and you let the real enemy get away. ibid. Maddy to Angelis
In 2010 the death of an MI6 spy found locked in a bag in his bath shocked Britain and the world. The authorities ruled it a tragic accident. But some have serious doubts. The Body in the Bag: Who Killed Gareth Williams? aka The Spy in the Bag: New Revelations, Channel 5 2025
The Secret Intelligence Service was awakening to a new era of Cold War espionage. ibid.
‘It was certainly bizarre and rare.’ ibid. rozzer
£20,000 worth of women’s clothes were found. ibid.
A search history that included bondage sites. ibid.
Television news bulletins were all too happy to broadcast the salacious details of his death. ibid.
Gareth passed his GCSEs age 10, and his first degree by 17. ibid.
Could Gareth’s death be linked to Russia? ibid.
‘The list is really quite long … the police in this country have been quite happy to conclude suicide in the most unlikely circumstances.’ ibid. Norman Baker
‘There was no trace at all anywhere of his, in this bath or around the bath.’ ibid. comment
Why was the heating turned up to the highest setting? ibid.
Why wouldn’t MI6 attend the address, a 5-minute walk from their office? ibid.
‘MI6 spy Gareth Williams was ‘killed by Russia for refusing to become double agent’, former KGB man claims’. ibid. newspaper headline
‘I think what Gareth may have stumbled across is the identity of a Russian mole inside GCHQ.’ ibid. Baker
2024: ‘It seemed the police wanted to re-examine matters.’ ibid.