It presents the story from the other side. It follows the carrier of the person who handled two highest profile defections to the Soviet Union: Hansen and Ames.
You can skip over some chapters of his childhood and early career. But has nice stories from Beirut (what used to be the Paris of the Middle East, also a popular playground for Spies), India, Australia and of course during his post as counter-intelligence chief in US.
It doesn't talk in depth about technical issues but more about handling of sources, procedures used, blackmailing tactics, honeypots.
Oh also talk about Robert Pelton's selling of Ivy Bells operation (probably a hundred million+ dollar cost) to the Russians for $35k. How they smuggled him out by shaving his beard and dressing him as a delivery worker.
https://www.amazon.com/Spy-Handler-Officer-Recruited-Hanssen...
It presents the story from the other side. It follows the carrier of the person who handled two highest profile defections to the Soviet Union: Hansen and Ames.
You can skip over some chapters of his childhood and early career. But has nice stories from Beirut (what used to be the Paris of the Middle East, also a popular playground for Spies), India, Australia and of course during his post as counter-intelligence chief in US.
It doesn't talk in depth about technical issues but more about handling of sources, procedures used, blackmailing tactics, honeypots.
Oh also talk about Robert Pelton's selling of Ivy Bells operation (probably a hundred million+ dollar cost) to the Russians for $35k. How they smuggled him out by shaving his beard and dressing him as a delivery worker.