The alqaeda mole who infiltrated the cia, joby warrick, new york. 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. 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. Each book is a clean selfcontained story without cliffhangers and can be enjoyed on its own. 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.
Warrick, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist for the washington post, untangles the knotty story of humam khalil albalawi, the jordanian alqaeda double agent responsible for the 2009 suicide. The u2 and the cias secret war, by monte reel 62 3. Doug in the middle of an op finds his mates sister sabrina walks into the middle of an op. The authors evidence includes the fact that the doctor who first studied barschels body had himself turned out to be a cia double agent.
How aldrich ames betrayed the cia by selling secrets to. 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. 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. Genuine, but not seriously damaging, intelligence knowingly provided to an enemy intelligence agency through an agent or a double agent to establish his bona fides. Following book titles and author names are the studies in intelligence issue in. Attacker in afghanistan was a double agent the new york times. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read. Filled with twists, turns and double crosses, it embodies the creed that truth is stranger than fiction. Former fbi double agent who outfoxed the russians offers an explanation for trump. May 20, 2017 former fbi double agent who outfoxed the russians offers an explanation for trump. He had been recruited and run by the cia s british counterpart, mi6. It includes americans spying against their own country and people spying on behalf of the united states. 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. 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.
Scroll up, clicktap and escape into the actionpacked, captivating world of justin hall now. His latest book, the spy and the traitor, is now out from crown publishing group. 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. The book also analyzes twelve actual case studies to illustrate why people spy against their country, the tradecraft of counterintelligence, and. Morten storm, a danish double agent who helped the cia target alqaeda terrorists, discusses his book agent storm. Dec 26, 2019 a kgb double agent feeding false information might, in a worstcase scenario, result in a cia officer being declared persona non grata from the country where that officer was serving. The cia s first double agent failure happened in cuba when it was revealed by the cuban intelligence officer florentino aspillaga in 1987. Islamabad, pakistan the suicide bomber who killed seven c. Double agents are considered to be different than foreign penetration agents, who are also known as moles, as these agents spy from within the agencies while they pose as cia officers. Apr 20, 2016 former cia agent reveals what its really like to be a spy. Author and historian ben macintyre reveals this incredible story of treachery and betrayal. Bobby ray inman, a former cia deputy, admitted that the whole double agent fiasco went on for nearly 20 years.
Penkovsky is known for informing the united kingdom about the soviet emplacement of missiles in cuba, thus providing both the uk and the united states with the. Mathilde carre and the interallie network, by david. How a cia agent and the red prince terrorist became. Listed prominently was the dead double agent chuyen.
A double agent for mi6, oleg gordievsky helped avert a nuclear confrontation and bring about the end of the cold war. Call me paranoid, she says, or just call me a cia counterintelligence analyst. I have broken down the best books about vietnam into helpful sections. Jack dunlap was just another source they had to protect. Finding out she is cia and investigating her brothers murder, he is not too happy as he is suppose to be looking.
Wife spills secrets of nightmare marriage to cia agent in. And what an imagination he has, with his behind the scenes look into these services,which sames authentic, could life of a double agent by kenneth j. Readers will learn about specific aspects of counterintelligence such as running double agent operations and surveillance. We assume that that the cia was involved in barschels death, and that the deat was in fact a murder, baab said. How russian double agents rose to the top of mi6 and cia. Feb 25, 2015 morten storm, a danish double agent who helped the cia target alqaeda terrorists, discusses his book agent storm. We read every letter or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. Much of the information in the book latell acquired from thorough and repetitive debriefings of the handful of cuban dgi defectors to the u. Thus, to fill the void, i have recruited my own assets, a bunch of books on the cia itself. The second life of a cia double agent 2014 youtube. 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. This book reads like a screenplay for a james bond movie written by joel and ethan coen.
Jan 05, 2010 attacker in afghanistan was a double agent. Like the other books in that categorygeorge criles charlie wilsons war, lawrence wrights the looming tower, and steve colls ghost warswarrick has. A redoubled agent is an agent who gets caught as a double agent and is forced to mislead the foreign intelligence service. A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the cia secret agents who died. Living a lie for 10 years, this former cia agent doesnt pull punches when sharing what his life was like as a spy. Former cia agent reveals what its really like to be a spy. He refused interviews and book deals on the incident but was working on a. The 1995 cia disinformation controversy arose when the central intelligence agency revealed that between 1986 and 1994, it had delivered intelligence reports to the u. Morten storm is a former radical islamist born in korsor, denmark. Jan 04, 2010 the suicide bomber who killed seven cia officials and a jordanian military officer last week in afghanistan was a jordanian doubleagent, a former u.
In the fiction section, you will find the best books on vietnam war, other vietnam bestseller novels as well as novels set in vietnam. One of his previous book s,the man who never was, was a thoroughly engrossing examination of one of the. 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. In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent also double secret agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country, whose primary purpose is to spy on a target organization of another country, but who is now spying on their own countrys organization for the target organization double agentry may be practiced by spies of the target organization who infiltrate the. Dec, 2017 in this post, you will find a list of the best vietnam books to read in 2020. On 30 december 2009, a jordanian physician named humam khalil albalawi arrived to much anticipation, at a cia base near khost, afghanistan. Jan 03, 2019 its not inconceivable paul whelan is a spy, valerie plame says phoebe wall howard, detroit free press published 1. The officer in charge at a cia station, usually in a foreign capital. Macintyre has also written and presented bbc documentaries of his work. Fischer said one of the worst failures involved a lack of a warning in 1961 of plans to build the berlin wall. The double agent who changed the course of history ben.
Attacker in afghanistan was a double agent the new york. Another major double agent failure happened in the soviet union after its collapse in 1991. I was a central intelligence agency case officer who served in the directorate of operations do with multiple tours in afghanistan. I also met every mi6 officer connected to the case, as well as other former officers of the cia and kgb. After plunging deep inside the world of al qaeda, he became a double agent employed by the. Three weeks earlier a double agent, who was supposed to murder castro and lead a military coup, got the cia to show proof of highlevel us government support for the operation. Observations on the double agent central intelligence agency. 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. Ames was formerly a 31year cia counterintelligence officer who committed. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. Paul whelan fits russias spy profile, valerie plame says. The history of the cia doubleday, 2007 is a barnburner. And by the way, the cia owes him 5 million dollars. 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.
This is a list of spies who engaged in direct espionage. Welcome to the cia web site central intelligence agency. He crafts a good definition of doubleagent and provides useful examples to. July 19, 1935 january 7, 2008 was a central intelligence agency cia case officer and writer of the 1975 book, inside the company. 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. The triple agent is one of the best truelife spy stories i have ever read.
Penkovskys activities were revealed by jack dunlap, an nsa employee and soviet double agent working for the kgb. The book also analyzes twelve actual case studies to illustrate why people. Washington post morten storm has done the western world a great service. 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. Wife spills secrets of nightmare marriage to cia agent in divorce papers. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. Directing even one double agent is a timeconsuming and tricky undertaking that should be attempted only by a service having both competence and. Cia diary by philip agee 1975 former cia case officer philip agee, who died in cuba in 2008, was the edward snowden of his generation. From 1985 to his arrest in february 1994, cia agent and kgb mole aldrich ames compromised agency sources and operations in the soviet union. Cia operative john wells goes undercover in saudi arabia and lebanon to find conspirators bent on tearing. Theres a little of that, but the real cia is more complex and interesting than. The cia officers there had been instructed by higher officials to greet balawi. Jul 07, 2015 peter duffys book, double agent is the story of william sebold, a german immigrant to the united states and his recruitment by the german abwehr in 1938 during a prewar visit to his birthplace. Danger is her alias as a spy, sabine laduca works alone.
Aug 30, 2019 they took it the cia in saigon and the order came that. Robert ames, a straightlaced, frugal family man who rarely drank and had a pot belly, was the agencys top spy in the middle. After plunging deep inside the world of al qaeda, he became a double agent employed by the american, british, and danish intelligence agencies. The cia lost several assets in the soviet union as a result of the 1963 exposure of double agent colonel oleg penkovski, an officer of the soviet military intelligence agency, the gru.
His american handlers believed him to be a double agent, working on their behalf to. 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. Feb 11, 2017 i thought i was smarter than almost everybody. Directing even one double agent is a timeconsuming and tricky undertaking that should be attempted only by a service having both competence and sophistication. My life inside al qaeda and the cia and millions of other books are. 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.
Anyone interested in the saga of terrorist fanatics will find agent storm compelling. Rajiv chandrasekaran, author of imperial life in the emerald city absolutely firstrate, breakthrough reporting. The green beret affair project gamma, a massive snafu. 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 double agent operation is one of the most demanding and complex counterintelligence activities in which an intelligence service can engage. Mar 15, 2019 the book tells the fascinating cold war tale of oleg gordievsky, the son of two kgb agents, who embarked on secret work for mi6. Jul 26, 2011 in december 2009, a jordanian doctor was given a warm welcome at a secret cia base in eastern afghanistan.
He immediately deposed both cia agents and abrams himself to testify. Agee joined the cia in 1957, and over the following decade had postings in washington, d. 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. David ignatius, columnist for the washington post and author of bloodmoney a startling and memorable account of daring, treachery, and catastrophe in the cia s war against alqaeda. The secret cia tactics that helped america win the cold war. The information the books contained, including details about meetings between c. Serge storms has finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in miami, spying for a banana republic. Real estate websites say the home is now worth nearly double. The green beret affair project gamma, a massive snafu for. Life of a double agent is the imagination of author kenneth j. Cia patriots killed in the 2009 khost attacks will be. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the federal correctional institution in terre haute, indiana, united states. Kerr, who i might mention is neither a double agent or works with the cia, but an author.
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