A triple agent is an agent who works for three intelligence services, but is usually truly loyal to only one of them. It is often considered the same as a re-doubled agent.
- Henri Déricourt, Secret Intelligence Service agent with the Special Operations Executive who "turned" for the Germans (d. 1962).
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