Not since the Cold War has the Russian intelligence community been so clandestinely active abroad, and the sudden uptick in activity from Russian sleepers or illegals has the governments of Europe scrambling to find Reds under any number of beds. So, how does this most arcane of tradecrafts work? What goes into creating a sleeper? And how come the West is finding it so easy to find them? Check your passport number and lock up your meta data for this ep!

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