TY - BOOK AU - Baer,Robert TI - The fourth man: the hunt for the KGB's CIA mole and why the US overlooked Putin SN - 9781800960398 (hbk.) : AV - JN6529.I6 U1 - 327.1247 BAE 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - Monoray KW - Soviet Union KW - Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti KW - Officials and employees KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - Central Illustration Agency KW - Espionage, Soviet KW - Cold War KW - Secret service KW - Politics and Government KW - eflch KW - ukslc KW - Russia KW - thema KW - Memoirs KW - Espionage & spy thriller KW - The Cold War KW - Politics & government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - For the first time ever, author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the explosive story of how insiders believe a KGB mole rose to the highest ranks of the CIA. In the aftermath of the Cold War, US intelligence caught three high-profile Russian spies. However, these arrests left major questions unanswered, and rumours have long swirled of another mole, often referred to as the Fourth Man. Three pioneering female veterans of counterintelligence were tasked with unearthing him. With steadfast determination and expertise, they came to a shocking conclusion, one which had, and continues to harbour, dramatic consequences for American security. In this gripping insider account, Baer tells a thrilling story of Russian espionage and American intelligence ER -