The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

✍ Scribed by United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service;United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.;Gandy, Charles L.;Haseltine, Eric

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 206 KB
• Edition: First edition: April 2019
• Category: Fiction
• City: Soviet Union., United States.
• ISBN: 1250301157

✦ Synopsis

"In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist--those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian Foreign Ministry assert with confidence that he was a spy? Outsmarting honey traps and encroaching deep enough into enemy territory to perform complicated technical investigations, Gandy accomplished his mission in Russia, but discovered more than State and CIA wanted him to know. Eric Haseltine's The Spy in Moscow Station tells of a time when--much like today--Russian spycraft had proven itself far beyond the best technology the U.S. had to offer. The perils of American arrogance mixed with bureaucratic infighting left the country unspeakably vulnerable to ultra-sophisticated Russian electronic surveillance and espionage. This is the true story of unorthodox, underdog intelligence officers who fought an uphill battle against their own government to prove that the KGB had pulled off the most devastating penetration of U.S. national security in history."--Provided by publisher.;Foreword / by General Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Retired) -- Our spies are dying -- The counterspy -- In the belly of the beast -- The chimney -- Clues to the mystery -- Obstacles -- Who hates whom -- A trip to the Oval Office -- Project GUNMAN -- A wife in the wrong place at the right time -- Behind the green door -- Putting the smoke back in the gun -- Lessons about the Russians for today.

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United States