Spy dust
by Antonio J. Mendez, Antonio Mendez, Jonna Mendez, Bruce Henderson · first published 2002
50% recommend50% neutral
"Reviewed and released by the CIA, opening a window on the true-life world of espionage - the elusive identities, the sophisticated gadgetry, the triple-think strategies - Spy Dust reveals more about U.S. intelligence techniques abroad than any other published work of nonfiction.". "Moscow, 1988. The twilight of the Cold War. The KGB is at its most ruthless, and has now indisputably gained the upper hand over the CIA in the intelligence war. But no one knows how. Ten CIA agents and double-agents have gone missing in the last three years. They have either been executed or they are unaccounted
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Another thing worth mentioning is the Spy Dust. A substance that KGB used to track CIA officers which remained a mystery for a long time. Read "Spy Dust" by Tony Mendez. I can't recommend this book high enough.
on “How to explain the KGB's success identifying CIA agents in the field (2015)” ↗There's a book called "Spy Dust" about tools of the trade, which the wikipedia article links to and which has this to say on p. 121 (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Spy_Dust/U0eEd6Jc3koC?h...): > KGB defector Yurchenko, who defected…
on “Spy Dust (Nitrophenyl Pentadienal)” ↗