# Traitor in the Vault

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Podcast: [Spy Craft](https://stenobird.com/podcast/spy-craft-2136940)
Published: 2026-05-11T09:15:01+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/traitor-in-the-vault--71908249
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Duration seconds: 2069

## Resource

Behind the vaulted doors of the CIA, three women were tasked with an impossible mission: finding a ghost among their own colleagues. As they peeled back layers of Cold War deception, their evidence pointed toward a "Rock Star" of the intelligence community—a man who was supposed to be catching the spies, not serving them. This is a story of paranoia, betrayal, and the thin line between a legendary patriot and a devastating double agent.

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