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The WP adds to the buzz around that new book by the KGB guy who defected to the Brits.
Michael Forbes, R-N.Y., defected to the Democratic Party.
Apple has run into this problem in recent years, as Mac users have defected to Windows because fewer and fewer companies are writing Mac-compatible versions of their programs.
Two Khmer Rouge leaders defected to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in exchange for protection from trial.
( Post defectors include Celestine Bohlen, Gwen Ifill, Julia Preston, Michael Specter, Patrick Tyler, Patti Cohen, and David Richards--who defected back.