As Brian Toohey releases his major book on national security in Australia, he reveals that American spies have been working here without detection. Karen Middleton on secrecy and the state of the alliance.

Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton.

Background reading:

CIA agents in Australia in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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