> Putin says he was inspired to go into the KGB as a boy by watching the
> spy thriller "The Sword and the Shield."
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http://www.afio.com/sections/book_reviews/reviews/sword_and_shield.html >
Slanderous! Heh. Nothing in Agee's book is untrue. John Stockwell's for
South End Press has a few factual errors though.
> ...Another note of interest was that the KGB's Service A took credit for
> crafting Philip Agee's book, "Inside the Company," a slanderous attack on
> the CIA. Service A was the KGB's disinformation and covert action section
> that launched numerous anti-American campaigns, many of which are
> detailed in the book - - which should have good sales after this advance
> publicity. (Wpost 12Sep99, p. A27 (Drozdiak) ; (WashTimes p. A5) (Bill
> Gertz) Sep 15) (RoyJ)
Reviewed in AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #37-99, 17 Sep 1999
-- Michael Pugliese