Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale is the first known descendant of the Hale family who worked in espionage. He was a highly respected member of the Central Intelligence Agency in real life. Although he is a role model to many people, he wasn’t exactly the best spy. In Spy School Revolution, Catherine Hale points out that the reason everyone knows about him is because he got caught, while his brother, Elias Hale, never got caught, thus making Elias significantly less known.

In reality, Nathan Hale had many siblings (unnamed), but none of them were called Elias, making this part a fictional detail added by the author.

Trivia

 * The Administration Building at the CIA Academy of Espionage is named after Nathan.
 * According to Catherine, he was a bad spy but his brother, Elias was a good and competent spy.