Jeff Stein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jeff Stein

Tim Weiner’s latest terrific Whirlwind podcast unravels the DNA of Kremlin disinformation policies, in which it has long lied to its people, its enemies and the world—and now itself, in the war Ukraine. ⁦@Folly_and_Glory⁩ https://t.co/cumdPvjyvZ

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@kevinjonheller @PradhanAlka “Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice,” by Michel Paradis, centers on the prosecution and conviction of Japanese officers for the crime of water boarding US POWs. https://t.co/svsSLgQPCv

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The McGonigal scandal is just another chapter in a pathetic history of outrageous security lapses at the FBI, CIA & NSA, James Bamford, @washauthor of SPYFAIL: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of US Counterintelligence, tells SpyTalk.   https://t.co/ZyVRU9Dyxk

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Middle East Spy Thriller is a Powerful Debut for Ex-CIA Officer. Glowing review by Heidi Lane for SpyTalk. https://t.co/HYw52T9898

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'Six Days of the Condor' author James Grady reminisces about being in Washington as a young student while dark, high level crimes unraveled drop-by-drop, starting 50 years ago this month. Only at SpyTalk @talk_spy https://t.co/eCrgmIBtSg

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Out now, 'The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence,’ by ⁦@douglaslondon5⁩, ‘the most devastating insider account of CIA mismanagement in the past half century.’ https://www.spytalk.co/p/the-man-who-loved-spying?r=2hta&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=

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icymi: Code Name Blue Wren' is the astounding story of DIA mole Ana Montes, told by veteran investigative reporter Jim Popkin. Reviewed for SpyTalk by former NPR managing editor and Washington Post special correspondent John Dinges. https://t.co/VQ8unnBqDX #cuba #spies #fbi #nsa

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@ChekistMonitor @WWIPhD @CIA ‘according to a Soviet defector's memoir, Condor had inspired the KGB to launch a secret program modeled on Redford's CIA job as James Grady invented it: To sift through books and movies for new and deadly tricks that Langley might want to appropriate.’ https://t.co/qvZU6g2skd

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https://t.co/b7QSw47AaG. Debut piece for SpyTalk by Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Allen, on ‘Lost Son,’ the sad tale of Billy Reilly by @brett_forrest .

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New SpyTalk podcast! @SpyTalker interviews ⁦@Kennedy_School⁩ ‘s @calder_walton⁩ about the surprises in his new book, “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.” ⁦@talk_spy⁩ https://t.co/qsQOBony0o