spymaster
noun
spy·mas·ter
ˈspī-ˌma-stər 
: the head of a ring of spies : a director of intelligence
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Now overlay this with the vaccine deceptions used by America’s spymasters in Pakistan and more recently in the Philippines.
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Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Based on the John le Carré novel, Martin Ritt’s bleak spy thriller also features George Smiley (see No. 3 on this list), although the spymaster’s machinations here better exemplify just how cold-blooded someone in his position must be.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Cary Grant was never more suave and effortless than as Roger Thornhill, an unsuspecting ad man mistaken for a government agent by an ever-widening gang of thugs, spies, and an anti-American spymaster (James Mason).
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
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Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
Based on the John le Carré novel, Martin Ritt’s bleak spy thriller also features George Smiley (see No. 3 on this list), although the spymaster’s machinations here better exemplify just how cold-blooded someone in his position must be.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Cary Grant was never more suave and effortless than as Roger Thornhill, an unsuspecting ad man mistaken for a government agent by an ever-widening gang of thugs, spies, and an anti-American spymaster (James Mason).
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
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