Just in case any of us were comforting ourselves that the ends justified the means, in fact the end was "Mundt died before he could provide any more intelligence," so put THAT in your pipe and smoke it.

I also found Karla's suicide a gut punch. Not sure why exactly, since he wasn't in any way a good person, and yet... And it's just a casual aside... And of course Smiley took it hard. Smiley, you are so close to being in a Kate Beaton "Nemesis" comic with this man.