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We read every letter or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. Yet according to a fourpart series published in an obscure hanoi military journal in april, pham was a key double agent in an operation that led to the capture or deaths of scores of cia and u. Penkovskys activities were revealed by jack dunlap, an nsa employee and soviet double agent working for the kgb. Ames wasnt a double agent, he was a recruited spy by the ussr, and a traitor, who was also a cia officer. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and say if you do not read it you are. Aspillaga uncovered that at least four dozen recruits hired over a 40year span had actually been working for the communist government in havana, supplying false information to the cia. It required extraordinary ingenuity to keep contact with the few secret agents in place and to keep them alive. Others see the hand of the cia double agent aldrich ames, a russian mole at the heart of the agency who visited tbilisi a week before woodruff was. Jul 19, 2011 the alqaida double agent killed seven cia operatives when he set off the 30pound bomb strapped to his body at a fortified base in afghanistan near the pakistani border in december 2009. A retired cia operative is paired with a young fbi agent to unravel the mystery of a senators murder, with all signs pointing to a soviet assassin. Jan 05, 2010 the man identified as the double agent who killed eight people at a u.

Robert ames, a straightlaced, frugal family man who rarely drank and had a pot belly, was the agencys top spy in the middle. The cias first double agent failure happened in cuba when it was revealed by the cuban intelligence officer florentino aspillaga in 1987. The cia believed he was a golden source, a topsecret informant who had penetrated alqaeda and brought the agency within striking distance of the terrorist groups senior leadership. His latest book, the spy and the traitor, is now out from crown publishing group. The true story of the british secret agent who changed how we see the. A double portrait of two of the cold wars most successful double. Begoum describes the redoubled agent as one whose duplicity in doubling for another service has been detected by his original sponsor and who has been persuaded to reverse his affections again. Thus, to fill the void, i have recruited my own assets, a bunch of books on the cia itself. Serge storms has finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in miami, spying for a banana republic.

Flemings books, which also include cia agent felix leiter. A redoubled agent is an agent who gets caught as a double agent and is forced to mislead the foreign intelligence service. Jack dunlap was just another source they had to protect. Morten storm, a danish double agent who helped the cia target alqaeda terrorists, discusses his book agent storm. The book also analyzes twelve actual case studies to illustrate why people. The secrets revealed in the book, the intrigue, the mixed feelings kahlili has working as a spy, keeping his actions secret from everyone he knows and loves, makes the reader feel like a fly on. I also met every mi6 officer connected to the case, as well as other former officers of the cia and kgb. Jul 19, 2011 in december 2009, a group of the cias top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in khost, afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy. Macintyre has also written and presented bbc documentaries of his work. Ben macintyres new book, the spy and the traitor, recounts the. May 20, 2017 former fbi double agent who outfoxed the russians offers an explanation for trump. Theres a little of that, but the real cia is more complex and interesting than.

Washington the suicide bomber who killed seven central intelligence agency employees and contractors and a jordanian intelligence officer was a double agent the cia had recruited to provide. Jul 26, 2011 in december 2009, a jordanian doctor was given a warm welcome at a secret cia base in eastern afghanistan. Feb 11, 2017 i thought i was smarter than almost everybody. How a kgb double agent saved britain and won the cold war for the west. Feb 25, 2015 morten storm, a danish double agent who helped the cia target alqaeda terrorists, discusses his book agent storm. Humam khalil albalawi, a jordanian doubleagent who infiltrated the upper ranks of alqaeda. Danger is her alias as a spy, sabine laduca works alone. Readers will learn about specific aspects of counterintelligence such as running double agent operations and surveillance. Jordanian doctor called double agent behind cia attack. How a cia agent and the red prince terrorist became. Alqaida doubleagent killed cia officers world news. How a kgb double agent saved britain and won the cold war. The secret cia tactics that helped america win the cold war. He crafts a good definition of doubleagent and provides useful examples to.

Observations on the double agent central intelligence agency. After agreeing to spy for germany, he reported his recruitment to the fbi and was used as a double agent in a giant operation, ultimately involving a. His american handlers believed him to be a double agent, working on their behalf to. Ames would be a double agent if he actually reported back to the cia his work for the ussr that had recruited him. A time to betray the astonishing double life of a cia agent inside the revolutionary guards of iran is a fantastic book and i highly recommend it. Rajiv chandrasekaran, author of imperial life in the emerald city absolutely firstrate, breakthrough reporting. The book s title would have you believe that its primary focus is that of the triple agent humam khalil abumulal albalawi, who successfully exploded a suicide vest on a cia base in afghanistan in 2009. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. After plunging deep inside the world of al qaeda, he became a double agent employed by the american, british, and danish intelligence agencies.

May 18, 2018 multiple western covert operations were sabotaged and scores of secret agents working for washington and london compromised at various times during the 20th century. The second life of a cia double agent 2014 youtube. How russian double agents rose to the top of mi6 and cia. The cia taught sabine to trust no one, and sergeant major doug richardson is no exception. Call me paranoid, she says, or just call me a cia counterintelligence analyst. After plunging deep inside the world of al qaeda, he became a double agent. With richard gere, topher grace, martin sheen, tamer hassan. Morten storm is a former radical islamist born in korsor, denmark. Jan 04, 2010 the suicide bombing on a cia base in afghanistan last week was carried out by a jordanian doctor who was an alqaida double agent, western intelligence officials told nbc news. In a double agent operation that is valuable only for a certain span of time or one that for any reason is about to collapse, there may be an opportunity at the point of termination to use the agent to make a recruitment or defection approach.

The book also analyzes twelve actual case studies to illustrate why people spy against their country, the tradecraft of counterintelligence, and where counterintelligence breaks down or succeeds. July 19, 1935 january 7, 2008 was a central intelligence agency cia case officer and writer of the 1975 book, inside the company. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. The history of the cia doubleday, 2007 is a barnburner. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the federal correctional institution in terre haute, indiana, united states. This cia officer wants to give peace a chance the new york times. Carl hamilton, swedish secret agent from the books of jan guillou. In this explosive interview, meet christopher boyce, who was jailed in the 1970s for selling classified us information to the kgb in the soviet union. Directing even one double agent is a timeconsuming and tricky undertaking that should be attempted only by a service having both competence and sophistication. A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the cia secret agents who died. Blackford oakes is a central intelligence agency officer, spy and the.

See list of james bond allies for a complete list of 00agents and secret. Author thomas powers writes that the cia continued to pass on reports from double agents because it sought to hide its amesinflicted losses. A book about the prophet mohammed prompted his conversion to islam, and. A cia agent on the ground in jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the. Former cuban prime minister fidel castro was a supreme, unchallenged spymaster whose double agents duped the cia for decades, a veteran cia analyst has claimed in a new book. Jun 08, 2019 the cia handler tapped to turn him took a liking to his new charge.

The top kgb officers had known for more than a year that penkovsky was a double agent, but they prioritised protecting their source, a highly placed mole in mi6. James bond in the movies based on ian flemings novels, which also include cia agent felix leiter. Cia operative john wells goes undercover in saudi arabia and lebanon to find conspirators bent on tearing. The secrets revealed in the book, the intrigue, the mixed feelings kahlili has working as a spy, keeping his actions secret from everyone he knows and loves, makes the reader feel like a fly on the wall seeing, hearing, feeling and smelling what kahlili experiences. Intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence agency. The double agent operation is one of the most demanding and complex counterintelligence activities in which an intelligence service can engage. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. See list of james bond allies for a complete list of 00 agents and secret agents found throughout the movies. Ames was formerly a 31year cia counterintelligence officer who committed. Oct 03, 2018 ben macintyre is a writeratlarge for the times of london and the bestselling author of a spy among friends, double cross, operation mincemeat, agent zigzag, and rogue heroes, among other books.