John Kiriakou describes how some sleeper agents were taken from their families as children and raised to live entirely as Americans. They were taught the language and culture, then sent to the United States using fake identities based on real birth records.
These agents could live normal lives for decades before being activated through coded messages to carry out espionage or violent missions.
Do you think someone can ever fully escape an identity they were raised into?
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