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Ghost Stories: The Hunt for Russian Spies in the US


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In the early 2000s, the FBI uncovered a team of Russian operatives who had been living double lives in the United States. They were posing as professors, journalists, financial planners, real estate and travel agents, all while sending information back to Moscow. Now, 15 years after they were arrested, Alan Kohler, the former Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division, tells us what it was like to supervise the case which came to be known as Operation Ghost Stories. 

In this episode, Alan mentions a number of different photos and videos from the Ghost Stories investigation. You can view them all here through the FBI’s digital vault. 

If you liked this episode, check out these links:

"The Minions": Putin's Expendable Spies

Spy Chat with Chris Costa | Guest: Alan E. Kohler, Jr.

Curator's Corner: Kevin P. Riehle on Russian Intelligence

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