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The Defector Dilemma: How Western Intelligence Mishandles Its Most Valuable Sources

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The Security Nexus Deep Dive

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May 9, 2026

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1347

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Summary

Between paranoid skepticism and reckless credulity, Western agencies have repeatedly failed to extract full value from defectors—and the structural causes remain unreformed. https://www.thesecuritynexus.net