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A spy in plain sight : the inside story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen--America's most damaging Russian spy / Lis Wiehl.

Wiehl, Lis W., (author.).

Summary:
As a federal prosecutor and the daughter of an FBI agent, Wiehl has an inside perspective. She brings her experience and the ingrained lessons of her upraising to bear on her remarkable exploration of the case, interviewing numerous FBI and CIA agents both past and present as well as the individuals closest to Hanssen. She speaks with his brother-in-law, his oldest and best friend, and even his psychiatrist. In all her conversations, Wiehl is trying to figure out how he did it--and at what cost. But she also pursues questions urgently relevant to our national security today. Could there be another spy in the system? Could the presence of a spy be an even greater threat now than ever before, with the greater prominence cyber security has taken in recent years? Wiehl explores the mechanisms and politics of our national security apparatus and how they make us vulnerable to precisely this kind of threat.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781639361717
  • ISBN: 1639361715
  • Physical Description: xviii, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Strange encounter -- TOPHAT -- Spying 1.0 -- "What are you hiding?" -- Grooming a mole -- Spying 2.0 -- "Holy shit!" -- Who is Robert Hanssen? -- All-American boy -- Black is white/good is evil -- Trust me! -- Puffs of smoke -- "Do you think Bob could be a KGB agent?" -- Sumo wrestling -- The vault people -- Odd couple -- First blood -- And the winner is... -- Whac-a-mole -- He's back! -- PENNYWISE -- Baiting the trap -- Takedown -- Collateral damage -- The mind of a spy -- Another Hanssen?
Subject: Hanssen, Robert.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
National security > United States.
Spies > Russia (Federation)
Intelligence officers > United States.
Genre: Biography.
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cambria County Library 327.124 W645s (Text) 85131001830976 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library 327.1247 WIEHL (Text) 35740635838196 Nonfiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 327.147 WIE (Text) 92525464 GFWM Main Room Available -
Lower Macungie Library 327.12 WIE (Text) 33400001549982 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 327.12 WIE Mystery True Crime (Text) 33454005158092 Reading Room Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 327.124 WIE 2022 (Text) 31001101854496 Adult Non Fiction Available -
Southern Lehigh Public Library 327.12 WIE (Text)
Bookplate: This item was purchased in honor of Donald Stuart Young for a donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2022-2023.
30044100878638 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 327.12 W645s (Text) 31901004610715 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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