Inside the FBI's Hunt for a Russian Mole

We speak with retired FBI agent Wayne Barnes about his career in counterintelligence, from undercover work with the Black Panthers and a hidden Nixon assassination plot to debriefing Cold War defectors and recruiting Soviet intelligence officers. We also dig into his book A Traitor in the FBI, the hunt for a Russian mole inside the Bureau, and the tradecraft, deception, and lucky breaks that shaped the case.
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— Start
— Debriefing Cold War Defectors
— Wayne Barnes’ Origin Story
— Penn State, Villanova, and the Road to the FBI
— Early FBI Career Before Quantico
— The Undercover Black Panther Operation
— The Compton Vetting Test
— Bill Cosby, Backstopping, and the Cover Story
— George H.W. Bush and the UN Recognition Play
— The Hidden Nixon Assassination Plot
— Debriefing Defectors and the CIA-FBI Divide
— Ion Pacepa and the Romanian Intelligence Collapse
— Courtship: CIA and FBI Working Together
— Country Music, Cover Legends, and Recruiting Soviets
— The FBI Mole Hunt Begins
— The Mission: Get a Russian to Identify the Mole
— Robert Hanssen, Breach, and What the Movie Missed
— Setting the Stage at the Santa Monica Film Festival
— Hollywood Help, Polly Platt, and Backstopping Ivan
— Staging the First Visual Contact
— Who “Ivan” Was and Why He Mattered
— The Poolside Setup That Made Contact Possible
— Why Cold Pitches Don’t Work
— What Happened After Ivan Pointed Out the Photo
— Brian Kelley, False Leads, and Dead Drop Maps
— Why the Case Almost Disappeared
— Robert Redford, Three Days of the Condor, and Real-World Fallout
— What Spy Movies Get Wrong
— A Traitor in the FBI and Final Thoughts

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