How To Catch A Russian Spy - Brossura

Jamali, Naveed; Henican, Ellis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 147114089X ISBN 13: 9781471140891

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2015

Riassunto

In 2008, almost two decades after the Cold War was officially consigned to the history books, an average American guy helped to bring down a top Russian spy based at the United Nations. He had no formal espionage training. Everything he knew about spying he'd learned from books, films, video games and TV. And yet, with the help of an initially reluctant FBI duo, he ended up at the centre of a highly successful counterintelligence operation that targetted Russian espionage in America. For four nerve-wracking years, he worked as a double agent, spying on America for the Russians, trading cash for sensitive US military secrets, handing over thumb-drives of valuable technical data, pretending to sell out his country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Now, for the first time, he will reveal the fascinating mechanics behind his double-agent operation that helped disrupt Russia's New York-based espionage apparatus and forced Moscow to reassign its top operatives.

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L'autore:

Naveed Jamali is a reserve intelligence officer in the US Navy. He has spent more than a decade in technology management and continues to consult in the field of big data and security. A life-long New Yorker, he lives with his family in Manhattan, and has no intention of travelling to Russia any time soon.

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The fascinating story of a young American with a dream, who taught himself to be a secret double agent and helped the FBI bust a Russian spy in mid-2000s New York.
For three nerve-wracking years, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, selling out his beloved country across noisy restaurant tables and in quiet parking lots. Or so the Russians believed. In fact, their go-to source was a 'learn by doing' covert double agent working with the FBI. The Cold War wasn't really over. It had just gone high-tech.
How to Catch a Russian Spy is the story of how one young man's post-college-adventure became a real-life intelligence coup. Incredibly, Jamali had no previous counter-espionage experience. Everything he knew about undercover work he'd picked up from TV cop shows and movies like Ronin, Spy Game, and the James Bond series. Determined to realize his dream of becoming a Navy intelligence officer, he convinced the FBI and the Russians they could trust him. With charm, cunning and bold naiveté, he matched wits with a veteran Russian military-intelligence officer who was recruiting spies on American soil, out-manoeuvering him and his secret-hungry superiors. Along the way, Jamali and his FBI handlers exposed espionage activities at the Russian Mission to the United Nations and earned a solid U.S. win amid growing hostilities between Moscow and Washington.
Here, Jamali reveals the full riveting story behind his double-agent adventure-from coded signals on Craigslist to clandestine meetings at Hooter's to veiled explanations to his worried family. Cinematic, news-breaking, and wildly entertaining, How to Catch a Russian Spy is an armchair spy fantasy brought to life.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 147114089X
• ISBN 13: 9781471140891
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304