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We are indebted to Brian Tart, president of Dutton Books, and Mitch Hoffman, our initial editor, for tolerance during the two-year CIA review process and their confidence that this work would eventually receive publication approval. The Spycraft story is better told due to the editorial counsel of Dutton editor Stephen Morrow and his assistant, Erika Imranyi. The cover, photos, and images reflect the creative talents of the Dutton art department. Dan Mandel, our literary agent from Sanford Greenberger, directed us through the necessary business processes required for a work of this magnitude. Mark Zaid’s legal perspective provided constructive options for dealing with the CIA’s official review bureaucracy. Randy Bookout and Al Cumming, from the staff of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, took a welcome and special interest in the progress of the project.
The enduring patience of our families over the past five years is matched only by their loyal, unflagging support. Their uncompensated assistance cannot be calculated in dollars. We simply offer “thank you” a million times over to Mary Margaret Wallace, Kristen Melton, and Melissa Suzanne for the hours spent reading and rereading dozens of drafts, fact checking, telling us when we were boring, making us explain government acronyms, running errands, typing transcripts, and the hundred other tasks we took for granted. They must have done it for love.
Finally, to every reader, we are grateful for your interest in Spycraft and hope the story of OTS will renew your confidence in America’s intelligence institutions and in the men and women who devote their careers to this service.
Index
Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.
Aalto, John
academic partnerships
accommodation addresses
Acoustic kitty
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
AEBEEP
Aeroflot airline
Afghanistan
Africa
Agee, Phillip
AIDS
airplane explosives
Alaska
alias
Al-Megrahi, Abdel Basset Ali
al-Qaeda
ambassador’s office surveillance
Ames, Aldrich
AMLASH Cuban agent
Amtorg
Anderson, Thornton “Andy”
detained
imprisoned
medal for bravery
operation
return to U.S.
trial
Andropov, Yuri
Anerometers barometer-activated explosive
Angleton, James
animals
ARPANET
Asia
assassination
assessment process in recruitment
in the digital age
and MKULTRA research
motivations of recruits
role of graphologists
role of psychologists in
audio dead drops
audio surveillance and devices
advances in
in commercial settings
concealments for
in suite
and denied-area operations
detection teams
discovery of
early models
innovative options in
installation of
mic and wire installations
microphones
miniaturization of
Motel Kit
and Operational Aids Division
performance of
preparations for
production of
and recruitment of personnel
retrieval of
technical skills required
termination of
and terrorism
testing of
trouble shooting of
U.S. deficiencies in
in Vietnam
wires of
See also audio techs; Technical Services Staff (TSS)
audio techs
confidence of
crest of
formula of
mistakes of
risks of
role of
skills of
success of
and surreptitious entry
tools of
training of
work styles of
See also Technical Services Staff (TSS)
Aunt Jemima flour explosive
automobiles
Backscatter Gauge
barometer-activated devices
BAT incendiary devices
batteries
advances in
in Cuban prison
in digital age
equipment performance
rechargeable batteries
suppliers of
Bay of Pigs invasion
beacons
Beck, Kurt
Bell Labs
Benson, Nels “Benny,”
Beria, Lavrenti