Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Midweek Review

Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities
by Daniel Golden
Publication Date - October 10, 2017
3.5 stars



American Universities are known for their open, collaborative projects and for their special interest in attracting international students.  As well as increasing the Universities international prestige, apparently this also leaves them vulnerable to spying.  This is not something that I ever considered but it does make perfect sense.  Golden explores several cases where international students and faculty have been spies for either the United States or their home country, including Russia, China and Cuba.  I found this interesting but also oddly repetitive and had a hard time holding my focus on the pages at times.  I did learn more about how these government organizations recruit and manage their spies.  I received this book from LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. 

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