Duško Popov
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made major changes to the clue and made major changes to the explanation provided by Steve.
publication date: Thursday, April 27, 2017 (part of Spring 2017)
category: 
Military
clue: Ian Fleming liked this three-way spy a lot.
explanation: Dušan "Duško" Popov was a Serbian triple agent with VOA, MI6, and the Abwehr. He has been reported as one of Fleming's main inspirations for James Bond. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Aaron Shurtleff
trivia: There were two incorrect guesses for Forest Yeo-Thomas and two for Sidney Reilly.
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