Comrade J : the untold secrets of Russia's master spy in America after the end of the Cold War / Pete Earley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Earley, Pete.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tretyakov, Sergei O., 1956-2010.

Tretyakov, Sergei O.

Sluzhba vneshneĭ razvedki Rossiĭskoĭ Federat͡sii.

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.

Spies--Russia (Federation)--Biography.

Spies.

Intelligence service--Russia (Federation)--Biography.

Intelligence service.

Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti--Officials and employees--Biography.

Soviet Union.

Sluzhba vneshneĭ razvedki Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii--Officials and employees--Biography.

Sluzhba vneshneĭ razvedki Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii.

Defectors--United States--Biography.

Defectors.

United States.

Russia (Federation).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2007]

Summary:

The remarkable story of the man who ran Russia's post-Cold War spy program in America. This is a direct account of what the man known only as Comrade J did after we all assumed the spying was over--and of what Putin and Russia continue to do today. From 1997 to 2000, Comrade J was the highest-ranking operative of the KGB's successor agency in the United States. He directed Russian spy action in New York City, and personally oversaw every covert operation against the United States and its allies in the United Nations. He recruited spies, planted agents, penetrated security, manipulated intelligence, and influenced American policy, all under the direct leadership of Boris Yeltsin and then Vladimir Putin. Then in 2000, he defected--and revealed one more secret: for the previous two years, he had also been a double agent for the FBI. He has kept his secrets--until now.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Born a communist

Spies, bribes, and nuclear bombs

Fake diplomats and UN thefts

The escape

Epilogue.

ISBN:

9780399154393

0399154396

OCLC:

144547687