Spies and TraitorsKim Philby's life and career has inspired an entire literary genre: the spy novel of betrayal. He was one of the leaders of the British counter intelligence efforts, first against the Nazis, then against the Soviet Union. He was also the KGB's most valuable double agent, so highly regarded that today his image is on the postage stamps of the Russian Federation. Philby was the mentor of James Jesus Angleton, one of the central figures in the early