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* BoomHeadshot: Paulson of the FBI Hostage Team does this to [[spoiler:Tania]]. The results are [[YourHeadAsplode not pretty]], averting PrettyLittleHeadshots.
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** To the confusion of everyone not involved in the operation, [[spoiler: Trent ends up becoming one of Jack's most ardent defenders and supporters,]] which becomes a minor plot point in ''[[Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger]]''. Since everyone only knows about the very public confrontation between them, they struggle to understand why.
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** To the confusion of everyone not involved in the operation, [[spoiler: Trent ends up becoming one of Jack's most ardent defenders and supporters,]] which becomes a minor plot point in ''[[Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger]]''.''Literature/ClearAndPresentDanger''. Since everyone only knows about the very public confrontation between them, they struggle to understand why.
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* EmptyShell: The fate of anyone put in the sensory deprivation chamber, as shown by tw hat happens to Svetlana Vaneyeva, reduced to a broken, emotionless shell of a woman totally loyal to the Soviet Union.
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* OhCrap: Misha's reaction on realizing he's been goaded into confessing that he'd been betraying the Motherland for ''thirty years''.
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ContinuityNod: Gus Werner, sharpshooter Paulson, and the res of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team once again serve as TheCavalry, as they did previously in ''Literature/PatriotGames''. This time they're here to rescue [[spoiler:Gregory after he's kidnapped by the KGB.]]
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* ContinuityNod: Gus Werner, sharpshooter Paulson, and the res of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team once again serve as TheCavalry, as they did previously in ''Literature/PatriotGames''. This time they're here to rescue [[spoiler:Gregory after he's kidnapped by the KGB.]]
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ContinuityNod: Gus Werner, sharpshooter Paulson, and the res of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team once again serve as TheCavalry, as they did previously in ''Literature/PatriotGames''. This time they're here to rescue [[spoiler:Gregory after he's kidnapped by the KGB.]]
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Filitov is said to have been close friends with real life mole Oleg Penkovsky, and is even stated - at Penkovsky's request, no less! - to have been the first to denounce him as a traitor.
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* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Oleg Penkovsky is stated to have asked Filitov to denounce him as a traitor when it became clear the former was under KGB investigation. Penkovsky knew this would result in his own death, but also knew it would place Filitov above suspicion and allow him to continue spying for the West. It works - Filitov becomes the CIA's most valuable agent in the Soviet Union, and isn't caught for an astonishing thirty years.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: Filitov is said to have been the first to formally accuse real life mole Oleg Penkovsky of treason. In a further twist, Penkovsky is said to have asked him to do so, knowing the KGB were closing in on him and reasoning that this act would place Filitov above suspicion to continue spying.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Filitov's being retired from front line duty stemmed from pulling this at Kursk Bulge and surviving, albeit with severe injuries. At one point, when asked about the burn scars that left one arm near useless, he described their cause as "The last German gunner got me, but I got him too".
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*OutlivingOnesOffspring: Filitov's DespairEventHorizon that started him on the path to becoming a spy for the CIA began when both of his sons died needless deaths, followed shortly by his beloved wife.
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* NotSoDifferent: Sergey Nikolayevich Golovko is introduced as Ryan's counterpart at the treaty talk, and is friendly with Ryan. Though they are on opposite sides of the debate at hand, they find that they agree on quite a lot.
** Also discussed by Ryan, [[spoiler:when justifying the decision to bury Filitov in an American military battlefield]]: "one way or another we all fight for the things we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?"
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler:A villainous example with Gerasimov, though he has the good sense not to say it out loud. His partner, Alexandrov, is a true believer in Marxism-Leninism and sees the coup they're plotting as an attempt to save their country from Narmonov's reforms. Gerasimov only cares about the power and perks - some of his plans for Russia are even NotSoDifferent from those of the man he's trying to overthrow. ]]
** Also discussed by Ryan, [[spoiler:when justifying the decision to bury Filitov in an American military battlefield]]: "one way or another we all fight for the things we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?"
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler:A villainous example with Gerasimov, though he has the good sense not to say it out loud. His partner, Alexandrov, is a true believer in Marxism-Leninism and sees the coup they're plotting as an attempt to save their country from Narmonov's reforms. Gerasimov only cares about the power and perks - some of his plans for Russia are even NotSoDifferent from those of the man he's trying to overthrow. ]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Sergey Nikolayevich Golovko is introduced as Ryan's counterpart at the treaty talk, and is friendly with Ryan. Though they are on opposite sides of the debate at hand, they find that they agree on quite a lot.
** Also discussedNotSoDifferentRemark: Discussed by Ryan, [[spoiler:when justifying the decision to bury Filitov in an American military battlefield]]: "one way or another we all fight for the things we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?"
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler:A villainous example with Gerasimov, though he has the good sense not to say it out loud. His partner, Alexandrov, is a true believer in Marxism-Leninism and sees the coup they're plotting as an attempt to save their country from Narmonov's reforms. Gerasimov only cares about the power and perks - some of his plans for Russia are evenNotSoDifferent no different from those of the man he's trying to overthrow. ]]
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: [[spoiler:A villainous example with Gerasimov, though he has the good sense not to say it out loud. His partner, Alexandrov, is a true believer in Marxism-Leninism and sees the coup they're plotting as an attempt to save their country from Narmonov's reforms. Gerasimov only cares about the power and perks - some of his plans for Russia are even
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* DiplomaticCoverSpy: Ed Foley is a low-ranking staffer at the US Embassy in Moscow who's actually one of the CIA's key agents in the USSR.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Svetlana Vaneyeva is an arrogant RichBitch who became a spy for the Americans [[ItAmusedMe for fun]]. After being placed in [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques the sensory deprivation chamber]], she's MindRape{{d}} until she's an EmptyShell totally loyal to the Soviet Union.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Svetlana Vaneyeva is an arrogant RichBitch who became a spy for the Americans [[ItAmusedMe for fun]]. After being placed in [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques the sensory deprivation chamber]], she's MindRape{{d}} until she's left an EmptyShell totally loyal to the Soviet Union.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Svetlana Vaneyeva is an arrogant RichBitch who became a spy for the Americans [[ItAmusedMe for fun]]. After being placed in [[EnhancedInterrogationTechniques the sensory deprivation chamber]], she's MindRape{{d}} until she's an EmptyShell totally loyal to the Soviet Union.
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* MindRape: The sensory deprivation chamber is ''very'' efficient at breaking minds and wills. The TortureTechnician operating it flat-out compares it to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', and Svetlana Vanayeva is reduced to an EmptyShell after being put in it.
