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Interview with Lewis Sage-Passant: “Intelligence looks absolutely different in every company”

Sarah Burke November 25, 2024

The image shows the cover of a book titled "Beyond States and Spies: The Security Intelligence Services of the Private Sector" by Lewis Sage-Passant. The book cover features a dark background with vertical and horizontal lines forming a pattern. At the center is a yellow-orange backlit square with silhouettes of three people engaged in conversation. The title is in bold white letters and the subtitle is in smaller yellow text. At the top left corner, there is a grey rectangular banner with the words "Intelligence, Surveillance and Secret Warfare" in small caps. The background consists of a dotted pattern with rows of orange dots on a white backdrop, which vary in size across the page.

There is an old Cold War-era adage in the intelligence profession that goes something like this: “There might be friendly nations. But there are no…