PROFILE
FROM Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
How a dyslexic spy stole reams of government secrets One of the biggest thefts of American secret documents was carried out by Brian Regan, a dyslexic staffer at the National Reconnaissance Office. Why did he do it? For money and revenge. Regan’s story is told in the book ‘The Spy Who Couldn't Spell.’
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