The Spy in Moscow Station, Eric Haseltine
The Spy in Moscow Station, Eric Haseltine
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The Spy in Moscow Station
A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

Author: Eric Haseltine

Narrator: Eric Haseltine

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2019


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow—before more American assets are rounded up and killed.

Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA.

In the late 1970s, the National Security Agency still did not officially exist—those in the know referred to it dryly as the No Such Agency. So why, when NSA engineer Charles Gandy filed for a visa to visit Moscow, did the Russian Foreign Ministry assert with confidence that he was a spy?

Outsmarting honey traps and encroaching deep enough into enemy territory to perform complicated technical investigations, Gandy accomplished his mission in Russia, but discovered more than State and CIA wanted him to know.

Eric Haseltine's The Spy in Moscow Station tells of a time when—much like today—Russian spycraft had proven itself far beyond the best technology the U.S. had to offer. The perils of American arrogance mixed with bureaucratic infighting left the country unspeakably vulnerable to ultra-sophisticated Russian electronic surveillance and espionage.

This is the true story of unorthodox, underdog intelligence officers who fought an uphill battle against their own government to prove that the KGB had pulled off the most devastating penetration of U.S. national security in history. If you think "The Americans" isn't riveting enough, you'll love this toe-curling nonfiction thriller.

About Eric Haseltine

ERIC HASELTINE was Director of Research at the NSA and Associate Director of National Intelligence in charge of Science and Technology for the U.S. Intelligence community. Before joining the NSA, he was Executive Vice President of Disney Imagineering. A PhD neuroscientist, he has given several popular TED talks on the future of science and is an inventor with over 70 patents and pending patents. He lives in California with his wife, Dr. Chris Gilbert.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dee on July 18, 2022

Chirp Narrated by Eric Hazeltine......more

Goodreads review by Ian on October 09, 2019

THE SPY IN MOSCOW STATION by Eric Haseltine Review by Ian Smith If Buran, HUMINT, DS&T and 18 other acronyms mean anything to you, you’re bound to get a lot out of this book. Mind you, they came after just 30 pages, there’s more coming. If you have a degree in the relevant sciences that will help a......more

Goodreads review by Kursad Albayraktaroglu on May 28, 2019

I enjoyed this book immensely. The main story here is a relatively little-known Cold War espionage operation where the Soviets installed incredibly sophisticated bugs in more than a dozen IBM typewriters that were in use at the US embassy building in Moscow during the late 1970s - early 1980s. Some......more

Goodreads review by Merry on August 03, 2019

The telling of how a very intelligent techie at NSA persisted over a period of 6 years to find bugs hidden by the Soviets in IBM Selectric typewriters at the US Embassy in Moscow. The technical aspects, not only of how the Russians embedded the bugs but how Gandy (our "hero”) and a few others ultima......more

Goodreads review by Bess on May 04, 2025

This book was a very unusual read for me, but it was really rather interesting. It started out a little slow and was hard for me to get into, but once some things were revealed, it became more exciting, making me want to know what the solution was. This true Cold War story was fascinating and reveal......more