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

byGordon Corera

BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera recounts the FBI's long hunt for Russian “illegals,” deep-cover intelligence officers living under fabricated American identities. Sleeper agents raised families, built careers, cultivated contacts, and waited for useful assignments while investigators slowly assembled surveillance and evidence. The story culminates in the 2010 arrests and spy swap but extends into Vladimir Putin's renewed use of covert influence. Corera blends espionage tradecraft with domestic drama, showing how ordinary appearance is central to undercover success and why old intelligence methods remain relevant in a digitally connected age.

Publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

Publication date

Feb 09, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780062889423