Handler
Operative
Operative noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.
Both words in one sentence
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Notably, his first plan seems to be a lot more straightforward: he just wants to get the mission report from the HYDRA operative who used to be the Winter Soldier's handler.
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