Quote of the day: David Ignatius comments on what a good spy looks like
A quick glimpse of David Ignatius's new novel.
“He had the gift of a good case officer, which was that he looked harmless.” — David Ignatius, in the beginning of his new novel, The Quantum Spy.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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