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Chargement... The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat (édition 2019)par Eric Haseltine (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The basic story starts in the late 1970's at the US embassy in Moscow where State Department employees find a mysterious antenna inside a chimney that is not a real chimney. Due to interdepartmental infighting nothing is done about it, and in fact the whole problem is quashed due to interdepartmental infighting until the French find the same thing at their embassy 6 years later and get fired up about it. Then things begin to happen and the US finds out how the KGB has been listening and learning ALL of our top level secrets for years. The book reads like a spy thriller after it gets going and I could totally see this one made into a movie - it gets that exciting. There is lots of technical information up front in the book - stuff about microwaves and microbursts of megahertz and ohms, etc. etc. but that didn't bother me. I thought it helped me to understand why the techie geeks working on the problem had a hard time explaining to others what was going on. It was simply unbelievable because it was advanced applied physics. But finishing it - what a finish. The stuff of spy legends. The Spy in Moscow Station by Eric Haseltine was a slow, but interesting read. While this is a subject I’m fascinated by, I don’t know much about it, so when I started the book it took me a bit to remember who was who, which agency they were working for, and for the initials to flow where I wouldn’t have to stop to think about what they stood for. But this is just me and for those that have a lot of knowledge in the subject, I think you will really enjoy the book. This was a very technical book, so if that is something you like, this will be perfect for you. I was hoping for a writing style a bit more like Erik Larson’s, where it feels more like you are reading straight up fiction. So if you are a reader of nonfiction who likes that style, just keep that in mind when you start The Spy in Moscow Station. I could see this book being an excellent addition to college courses and even though this took place in the 70’s and 80’s, for the most part, if one pays any attention to the news then you know some of these practices are still happening, there is still a lot of mistrust between the various agencies, and we don’t give Russia as much credit as we should for being devious and ahead of us in some technological ways. I really enjoyed this book for the history involved, but admit it made for a pretty dry read throughout. This particular infiltration was so technical that it was beyond my comprehension despite the detailed explanations provided. Perhaps a communications expert would get more out of those details – as a reader, I would have preferred a broader overview. I found it all fascinating to be sure, but hard to slog through at times. A cautionary tale in which technical competence and a rare instance of inter-agency cooperation is contrasted with rivalry, arrogance, and tunnel vision among those who are supposed to advance the interest of the US abroad and guard against outside attacks, and may nevertheless been too little too late. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before more American assets are rounded up and killed. Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA 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. If you think "The Americans" isn't riveting enough, you'll love this toe-curling nonfiction thriller"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This book tells the story (or as much as it can) of the NSA technicians who discovered the deception and how it took years for the government to do anything about it because of infighting among the various agencies involved – including the Department of State and CIA. There are some highly technical passages but a fascinating true story. ( )