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Jeff Carney: The lonely US airman turned Stasi spy

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18 September 2013
Updated at 21:18 ET

Jeff Carney: The lonely US airman turned Stasi spy

Alison Gee
BBC World Service

Jeff Carney in uniform and the Berlin Wall

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Hundreds of spies betrayed their countries during the Cold War, often motivated by ideology, or financial reward. Jeff Carney was different - he was a lonely, gay US airman who dreamed of a new life in East Germany. Years later, he sees parallels between his story and that of Chelsea, formerly Bradley, Manning.

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