To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence

The United States is losing the counterintelligence war. Foreign intelligence services, particularly those of China, Russia, and Cuba, are recruiting spies in our midst and stealing our secrets and cutting-edge technologies. In To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence, offers a wake-up call for the American public and also a guide for how our country can do a better job of protecting its national security and trade secrets. Olson takes the reader into the arcane world of counterintelligence as he lived it during his thirty-year career in the CIA. After an overview of what the Chinese, Russian, and Cuban spy services are doing to the United States, Olson explains the nitty-gritty of the principles and methods of counterintelligence. Readers will learn about specific aspects of counterintelligence such as running double-agent operations and surveillance. The book also analyzes twelve actual case studies to illustrate why people spy against their country, the tradecraft of counterintelligence, and where counterintelligence breaks down or succeeds. A "lessons learned" section follows each case study.

• Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying
• The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War
• The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat
• Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
• ComSec: Off-The-Grid Communication Strategies for Privacy Enthusiasts, Journalists, Politicians, Crooks, and the Average Joe
• The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
• Traitors Among Us: Inside the Spy Catcher's World
• Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying
• Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton : The Cia's Master Spy Hunter
• Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping