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Spymaster, Defector & Double Agent

Listen Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 at 1:32 p.m. in Politics, Society

He ran Russia's post-Cold War spy program in the US from 1997 to 2000, under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin. But few knew Sergei Tretyakov was also a double-agent, working for the FBI, before ultimately defecting to America. Kojo hears his fascinating story of espionage, and gets insights into the Russian government's mindset then and today.

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Guests

Sergei Tretyakov

former Deputy Rezident, SVR (post-soviet KGB)

Pete Earley

journalist; and author of "Comrade J: The Untold Secrets of Russia's Master Spy in America After the End of the Cold War" (Putnam)

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