--Secret instructions written in invisible ink --Covert communications slipped inside dead rats --Subminiature cameras hidden in ballpoint pens If these sound like the stuff of science fiction or imaginary tools of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive department, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to give listeners an unprecedented look at the devices and operations deemed inappropriate…mehr
--Secret instructions written in invisible ink --Covert communications slipped inside dead rats --Subminiature cameras hidden in ballpoint pens If these sound like the stuff of science fiction or imaginary tools of James Bond's gadget-master Q's trade, think again. They are real-life devices created by the CIA's Office of Technical Service. Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive department, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to give listeners an unprecedented look at the devices and operations deemed inappropriate for public disclosure by the CIA just two years ago. Spycraft tells amazing life-and-death stories about this little-known group, much of it never before revealed. Against the backdrop of some of America's most critical periods in recent history--including the cold war, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the war on terror--the authors show the real technical and human story of how the CIA carries out its missions.
Robert Wallace is former director of the CIA's Office of Technical Service. A recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit, he is the founder of the Artemus Consulting Group, a private national security firm, and a contributor to the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence. He lives in Virginia.
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SpycraftForeword Preface Official Message from the CIA Section I. At The Beggining 1. My Hair Stood on End 2. We Must Be Ruthless Section II. Playing Catch-Up 3. The Penkovsky Era 4. Beyond Penkovsky 5. Bring in the Engineers 6. Building Better Gadgets Section III. In The Passing Lane 7. Moving Through the Gap 8. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword (and Shield) 9. Fire in the Arctic 10. A Dissident at Heart 11. An Operation Called CKTAW Section IV. Let The Walls Have Ears 12. Cold Beer, Cheap Hotels, and a Voltmeter 13. Progress in a New Era 14. The Age of Bond Arrives 15. Genius Is Where You Find It Section V. Prison, Bullet, Passport, Bomb 16. Conspicuous Fortitude, Exemplary Courage in a Cuban Jail 17. War by Any Other Name 18. Con Men, Fabricators, and Forgers 19. Tracking Terrorist Snakes Section VI. Fundamentals Of Tradecraft 20. Assessment 21. Cover and Disguise 22. Concealments 23. Clandestine Surveillance 24. Covert Communications 25. Spies and the Age of Information Epilogue: An Uncommon Service Appendix A: U.S. Clandestine Services and OTS Organizational Genealogy Appendix B: Selected Chronology of OTS Appendix C: Directors of OTS Appendix D: CIA Trailblazers from OTS Appendix E: Pseudonyms of CIA Officers Used Appendix F: Instructions to Decipher the Official Message from the CIA on page xxv Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
SpycraftForeword Preface Official Message from the CIA Section I. At The Beggining 1. My Hair Stood on End 2. We Must Be Ruthless Section II. Playing Catch-Up 3. The Penkovsky Era 4. Beyond Penkovsky 5. Bring in the Engineers 6. Building Better Gadgets Section III. In The Passing Lane 7. Moving Through the Gap 8. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword (and Shield) 9. Fire in the Arctic 10. A Dissident at Heart 11. An Operation Called CKTAW Section IV. Let The Walls Have Ears 12. Cold Beer, Cheap Hotels, and a Voltmeter 13. Progress in a New Era 14. The Age of Bond Arrives 15. Genius Is Where You Find It Section V. Prison, Bullet, Passport, Bomb 16. Conspicuous Fortitude, Exemplary Courage in a Cuban Jail 17. War by Any Other Name 18. Con Men, Fabricators, and Forgers 19. Tracking Terrorist Snakes Section VI. Fundamentals Of Tradecraft 20. Assessment 21. Cover and Disguise 22. Concealments 23. Clandestine Surveillance 24. Covert Communications 25. Spies and the Age of Information Epilogue: An Uncommon Service Appendix A: U.S. Clandestine Services and OTS Organizational Genealogy Appendix B: Selected Chronology of OTS Appendix C: Directors of OTS Appendix D: CIA Trailblazers from OTS Appendix E: Pseudonyms of CIA Officers Used Appendix F: Instructions to Decipher the Official Message from the CIA on page xxv Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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