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Like some of his friends − “former members of the intelligence community,” as they are known in these parts − Zfanya ‏(“The Code”‏) Al-Domi possessed two personae of somewhat contradictory nature. On the one hand, there was his public image as “the well-known Tight-lips,” from whom state secrets could not be extracted, even with iron pincers. But on the other, he had an extraordinary...