The Rise and Fall of the CIA's Most Valuable Cold War Spy | True Life Spy Stories

Name: The Rise and Fall of the CIA's Most Valuable Cold War Spy | True Life Spy Stories
Uploaded: 2025
Duration: 40 min

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When a man calling himself “HECKENSCHÜTZE”, or “Sniper” in German wrote a letter to the US Embassy in Bern in April 1958, the West had no idea of the scale and magnitude of the revelations that would soon follow. The mysterious writer insisted that he would deal only with Director of the FBI J Edgar Hoover. From the outset, the relationship between spy and spy master was built on a lie. The CIA took over the running of the operation, all the while masquerading as the Bureau.

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