Survive Like a spy : : Real CIA Operatives Reveal how They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and how you can too
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Introduction: Welcome to the real world of CIA operatives -- Spy sense: do you have what it takes to be a spy? -- When one mission becomes two: using cover stops, hunker-down sites, and secret catches to spy on a terrorist cell -- Dr. X and the puffer fish: How secret signals, covert communication, and a five-hour surveillance detection route saved America from a deadly biological weapon -- Gathering intelligence in a war zone: surviving bombings and brutality during a civil war in El Salvador -- Stealing a top-secret hologram from the Russians: how to get anyone to do what you want -- Snatching and grabbing a narco-terrorist: how to survive a kidnapping -- Protecting the greatest minds in the world from hostile foreign countries: how to travel safely when others want to harm you -- Turning a soldier into a spy: how a first-time case officer taught a decorated war hero to do brush passes, dead drops, and signaling to help the United States -- Giving a high-level ambassador a bugged painting: how to embed cameras and mircophones when it's you who needs to spy on someone -- The spy who sold China computers secretly infected with malware: how CIA officers avoid being hacked, spied on, or scammed -- Taking control: what you can do right now to lead a secure life and survive anything from blackouts to economic collapses to home invasions.
Reveals high-stakes techniques and survival tactics from intelligence officers who have employed the same measures in life-or-death situations throughout the world.
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PUBLISHED
New York, New York : TarcherPerigee, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: xii, 241 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780143131595
0143131591
SUBJECTS
Survival.
Disasters.
Emergency management.
Accidents -- Prevention.
Nonfiction.