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Espionage

Politics World

The Friendly Mr. Wu

The weakest link in America’s national security may not be foreign technology but its own people. The story of the single mother who sold out to China.

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Mara Hvistendahl on the Longform Podcast

Mara Hvistendahl 1843 Apr 2020 20min Permalink

The Women Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies

At the height of the Cold War, America’s most secretive counterespionage effort set out to crack unbreakable ciphers.

Liza Mundy Smithsonian Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Secrets of a Secret Agent

Jason Matthews worked at the CIA for more than 30 years. Then he started writing spy novels.

Josh Eells Men’s Journal Sep 2015 20min Permalink

The Spy's Kid

The son of Jim Nicholson, a former CIA agent convicted of espionage, follows in his father’s footsteps.

  1. Part 1: Nathan Nicholson follows his father into the spy game.

  2. Part 2: The son begins passing notes from his dad to eager Russian operatives.

  3. Part 3: Nathan jets to exotic locales to collect envelopes stuffed with money.

  4. Part 4: FBI agents are waiting on Nathan Nicholson’s doorstep.

  5. Part 5: Nathan must decide whether to betray his spymaster father.

  6. Part 6: Father and son see each other for the first time in more than a year — inside a courtroom.

  7. Profile: Twice a turncoat, Jim Nicholson sold U.S. secrets to the Russians, then used his son as a courier.

bryan denson The Oregonian May 2011 45min Permalink