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Magic is used in espionage, all the time, for clandestine things. I've got a whole library from a gentleman who was hired by the CIA to create magic technology for the use of anti-terrorism.

David Copperfield

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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
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