The CIA and FBI are both tasked with protecting our country. These two agencies are often portrayed as strained colleagues, but what is it really like inside these iconic institutions? How do spies learn their craft? How are threats assessed? How are spies discovered? And how do these secretive institutions change with the times? In a fascinating series, veterans of the CIA and FBI discuss their professional roles and how these closely guarded organizations operate.
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The Spy Finder
James Olson, a former chief of CIA counterintelligence, is an expert on how to find spies. He reviews the threats posed by Chinese, Russian, and Cuban spy services and explains how the CIA surveils, tricks, and catches individuals who turn against their own country. Using cases on which he worked, he also explores his theories about why people become traitors. Olson is the author of To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence.
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