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Walk-in agent

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A walk-in agent is an individual who voluntarily offers to conduct espionage.[1] Specifically, a "walk-in" is an agent or a mole of a government who literally walks into an embassy or intelligence agency without prior contact or recruitment as an asset.

References

  1. ^ Polmar, Norman; Thomas B. Allen (October 1996). Spy Book, The Encyclopedia of Espionage. Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-42514-4.