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Hey Andrew. How much of espionage is strength of personality and how much is strength of training/knowledge?

I’ve always thought of spies as requiring not only high intellect but superb charisma and personality control. Ie, ability to read lies, to lie, to manipulate people within a single conversation, to identify personal strengths/weaknesses. To outfox the other guy. Is that accurate?

Thanks!