PC499c Theft of Trade Secrets: The Silicon War - Intel v. National (Robert Contie, DIA) (Volume 1)

From the moment the USSR execute operation XEVAIOV, the US countered with their operation RED UNICORN and the game on the chess board commenced. Moves, counter moves took place as the Puppet Masters played their game. As for the chess pieces in play, the pawns paid the heaviest price. Where love, sex, drugs, friendship, and family could come in play, they now became the tools of choice. I was just a small player in operation RED UNICORN, a dot on the map; the preverbal pawn. I was a person in love with my wife, with good friends, three of the greatest kids in the world and a great job. Then one day I was asked to do someone a favor... **** The Silicon Valley Paradox When the Russians copied American semiconductor trade secrets, it's considered a threat to national security. When the Japanese copied American trade secrets, it's considered a highly questionable trade practice. When a US company copied American trade secrets, it's was called "reverse engineering" and encouraged. However, watch what happens when it was done to them. **** Semiconductor engineer Robert Contie volunteers to go undercover to verify an old friend is not a KGB agent. Instead his life is turned upside down as he steps into the middle of the Silicon Valley war between Intel and National. As the war between Intel and National unfolds, watch how the KGB took advantage of it.