Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies

ISBN: 0062889419

Author: Corera, Gordon

Condition: New

With intrigue that rivals the best le Carré novels, RussiansAmong Us tells the explosive story of Russias espionage effortsagainst the United States and the West-from the end of the Cold War to thepresent and the significant threat of hacking the 2020 electionSpieshave long been a source of great fascination in the world of fiction, butsometimes the best spy stories happen in real life. Russians AmongUs tells the full story of Putins escalating espionage campaign inthe West, the Russian deep cover spies who penetrated the US and theyears-long FBI hunt to capture them. This book also details the recruitment,running, and escape of one of the most important spies of modern times, a manwho worked inside the heart of Russian intelligence. In this thrilling accountCorera tracks not only the history, but the astonishing evolution of Russianespionage, including the use of cyber illegals who continue to manipulate ustoday and pose a significant threat to the 2020 election.Like a scene from the TVdrama The Americans, in the summer of 2010 a group of Russian deepcover sleeper agents were arrested. It was the culmination of a decade-longinvestigation, and ten people, including Anna Chapman, were swapped for fourpeople held in Russia. At the time it was seen simply as a throwback to theCold War. But that would prove to be a costly mistake. It was a sign that theRussian threat had never gone away and more importantly, it was shifting into amuch more disruptive new phase. Today, the danger is clearer than everfollowing the poisoning in the UK of one of the spies who was swapped, SergeiSkripal, and the growing evidence of Russian interference in American life.Russians Among Us describes for the first time the story of deepcover spies in America and the FBI agents who tracked them. In intimate andriveting detail, it reveals new information about todays spies-as well asthose trying to catch them and those trying to kill them.