...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious.
John le CarreThe cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other catโs mat is a story.
John le CarreThe trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends to believe the opposite: which puts us all back where we started.
John le Carre