How to catch a Russian spy : the true story of an American civilian turned double agent
(2015)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/JAMALI,N

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/JAMALI,N Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2015
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION

viii, 290 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781476788821 (hbk.), 1476788820 (hbk.), 9781476788821, 1476788820 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

New Americans -- Family business -- Finding me -- America attacked -- Navy dreams -- Commander Lino -- Special agents -- Meeting Oleg -- Networkcentric -- Out and about -- Why spy -- Gaining control -- Agent trust -- Second try -- Worthy adversaries -- El Dorado -- Easy lies -- Speeding up -- Parking garage -- Grilling Oleg -- Thumb drive -- Blowing it -- Hooters -- Change of plans -- Phony arrest -- Victory lap -- Ensign Jamali

"In 2008, almost two decades after the Cold War was officially consigned to the history books, an average American guy in his twenties helped to bring down a top Russian spy based at the United Nations. This American had no formal espionage training. Everything he knew about spying he'd learned from books, movies, video games, and TV. And yet, with the help of an initially reluctant FBI duo, he ended up at the center of a highly successful counterintelligence operation that targeted Russian espionage in America"--

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