‘I gave my life to the CIA. They betrayed me.’
Blerim Skoro spent years as a CIA spy. What did it cost?
The Story · The Times
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Show Notes
On Sept 12, 2001, Blerim Skoro was approached by a man and a woman while he was in prison. They turned out to be CIA agents. That one meeting would change the course of his life and lead him on a journey across countries, inside terrorist groups, as he tried to make it home to his family.
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Guest: Josie Ensor, US Correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Taryn Siegel.
Clips: Video filmed by Blerim Skoro, provided by ‘The Accidental Spy’, directed by Anthony Wonke.
Photo: John Beck for The Times.
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