Download or read book Damian and Mongoose: How a U.S. Army Counterespionage Agent Infiltrated an International Spy Ring written by and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, the author, a senior U.S. Army counterintelligence (CI) agent, became the partner of a close friend, Clyde Lee Conrad, at the head of a spy ring which had sold NATO secrets for twelve years to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. He helped his friend sell secrets, craft a new plan for recruitment of U.S. soldiers for Hungary, and plan kidnaping, torture, and murder. nine agents and couriers in five countries were eventually convicted of espionage and treason. No actual names are used in this book, without permission, except those connected with the spy ring. The operation and innovative trade-craft employed by the author were hailed by many as the most significant in U.S. Army counterespionage (CE) history.