The Fourth Man Audiobook Libro.fm

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The neverbeforetold story of the thrilling hunt fora KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA fromNew York Timesbestselling author and former CIA officer Robert Baer

In the aftermath of the Cold War American intelligence caught three highprofiles Russian spies Aldrich Ames Edward Lee Howard and Robert Hanssen However rumors have long swirled of another mole one perhaps more damaging than all the others combined Perhaps the greatest traitor in American history perhaps a Russian ruse to tear the CIA apart or perhaps nothing more than a bogeyman he is often referred to as theFourthMan

For the first time everNew York Timesbestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the full story After the Ames arrest the CIA launched another investigation to make sure there wasnt another mole in their ranks Led by three women pioneering counterintelligence veterans its existencewas known only to a few As they hunted through their own turning up loose threads smoking guns and a mercurial KGB source they came to a startling conclusion that would shake American intelligence to its core In a catandmouse game worthy of a le Carr novel the mole hunters squared off against amanwho could have been the most damaging spy in US history a thrilling chase with the profound implications for the future of America Russia and the rise of Vladimir Putin