Why People Spy: American Traitors and Foreign Spies I've Personally Known
(Room JW Grand Ballroom 8)
05 Jul 18
10:30 AM
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11:45 AM
Mr. Coyle spent 30 years with the CIA as an undercover field operations officer, trying to find foreign diplomats and officials who for one reason or the other were willing to supply secret information to the United States government. He will explain what he learned were the six main reasons why people spy, based on his own experiences of recruiting a number of foreigners while serving abroad during his career. He also had the unique experience of personally knowing and working with three CIA colleagues and one U.S. Embassy Marine security guard who were recruited by Soviet/Russian Intelligence to spy against the United States. He will discuss his impressions of the personalities and motivations of those four traitors: Ed Howard, Rick Ames, Jim Nicholson, and Cpl. Clayton Lonetree.