‘The Bear is Infected’

For a clandestine operation this loud and chaotic in the shadow war of global intelligence, you’d think the Lioness crew would’ve been more prepared for the possibility of the fight coming home. Chalk it up to the leftover hubris of late-20th-century American empire and the grand illusion of a liberated civilization thriving behind an impenetrable fortress. But I reckon team Lioness is all of us in that sense. Drowning our denial in generous sips of coffee, chanting “this is fine” as the flames of imperial decline grow around us. The finer point: Joe McNamara and the gang are already leagues…