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Joseph Assad, a CIA operations officer, devised a simple yet effective way to contact Abu Walid, a top terrorist leader in Iraq, by using a clean phone and inviting him for a meeting to discuss a ceasefire.

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The tools in a spy's arsenal are more varied than you might think. But they all come under one name: Tradecraft. In our seventh round of insights from the world of espionage, Sophia Di Martino revisits an audacious gambit in Iraq, evades surveillance behind the Iron Curtain, and learns how to create a convincing cover story in Canada.

From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Alex Burnard. Music by Nick Ryan.

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