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Cassidy’s Run discloses one of the Cold War’s most secretive operations, Operation SHOCKER, run by Washington to counter Soviet espionage from 1945 to the early 1970s. The FBI recruited ordinary citizens—such as Sgt. Joe Cassidy—and double agents to infiltrate Soviet networks, preventing the transfer of chemical and biological weapon formulas. Tracing the plot from Washington to Moscow, with stops in Florida, Minnesota, and Mexico, the book uncovers how the U.S. intelligence community used human assets to protect national security during a decade of tense East–West rivalry.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: David Wise
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