Zakos is the chief developer of MyCybertwin, the virtual agents geared towards the small-medium business market.

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William Donovan, chief of the Office of Strategic Services, tapped him to recruit and oversee agents in a bid to penetrate Germany.

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The proposals were welcomed by Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).

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It charges a flat hourly fee for sending a team of agents onto the street, but Chief Executive Simon Rydings, would not say what that was.

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Democratic Congressman Silvestre Reyes, who used to be a border patrol chief in South Texas, says the president and Congress can ask for thousands of new agents, but finding them is not that easy.

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Bizarrely, Mr Chikane, whose brother Frank was chief of staff to South Africa's former president, Thabo Mbeki, let Zimbabwe intelligence agents accompany him to his meeting with Mr Maguwu, despite warnings that this could endanger the NGO man's life.

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Vigo's chief executive, Mario Trujillo, blames Western Union's heavy-handed tactic of tying up its agents.

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