Spy wars: moles, mysteries, and deadly games/Tennent H. Bagley 313 pg.
I've always loved the spy stuff and this book was great except after reading it you wonder how the CIA could be so stupid...yea, I guess I can see it. Anyway, this book covers a certain KGB defector, Yuri Nosenko, who was clearly a KGB plant. In the end, the CIA refused to second guess themselves and instead built this guy up to be the greatest source they ever had. Funny how when you try to cover up your mistakes, you often make even bigger ones. Even if you just read the final couple of chapters, it is a great lesson on the concept of "group think" and how people can be persuaded by others and there lack of desire to look like they had been wrong all along. - Christa
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