His contact had been a young and upcoming Stasi officer by the name of Ulrich Vogel and between them, over the past few years they had been able to advance each other's careers inside their respective intelligence services, so much so that their crowning glory had been manipulating events for PATRICK to take charge of counter-espionage operations for the BND. After all, what could be better for an East German intelligence officer than to have a spy inside the very unit designed to catch Stasi spies! “My only concern about this possible new source of the British service is that, inadvertently, it might expose me,” said PATRICK. Vogel turned towards his agent in the car. “Do not worry, haven't I always protected you? Looked after you? If this source has any value and if they get too close

