{"product_id":"undercover-washington-where-famous-spies-lived-worked-and-loved-capital-travels","title":"Undercover Washington: Where Famous Spies Lived  Worked and Loved (Capital Travels)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn times of peace or war  Washington  D.C. is the spy capital of the world. The original spymaster  George Washington  whose home was in nearby Mt. Vernon  started it all when he had false information planted in British pouches and used disappearing ink to instruct his agents.  Since then  the capital has been a hotbed of espionage  chock full of all the targets of any self-respecting spythe CIA  the FBI  the Pentagon  NSA  and more. Diplomats  politicians  generals  scholars  secretaries and clerks  mistresses and wives have lied  contrived  connived  denied  cheated  blackmailed  seduced and betrayed each other here  right up to the current war on terrorism.  Pamela Kessler  a former Washington Post reporter and an expert on the local espionage scene  takes readers on a guided tour through D.C. and nearby Virginia and Maryland to more than 70 drop-sites  safe-houses  graveyards  mansions  museums  secure government offices and restaurant rendezvous where the spy game has been played. Kessler reveals the tales behind each featured site and offers more than 60 photographs of secret agents and the hangouts where they lived  worked  loved and sometimes died gruesome deaths.  Lurk through Maryland  sneak through Virginia  and hide in Washington as you visit such places as:  - Hotel Georgethe Washington hotel where the only Soviet general to survive Stalins blood purge of Red Army officers died a mysterious death. - Mailbox at the corner of 37th and R Streets N.W.where Aldrich Ames  who worked for the KGB while serving as the CIAs chief of Soviet counterintelligence  signaled his handler he was ready to make a drop. - The Exchangethe D.C. restaurant where KGB mole Karl Koecher and his wife Hana met with a swinging couples group for exchange of wives and government secrets. - Foxstone Parkwhere Doctor Death Robert Hanssen dropped his last documents  just before his fellow FBI agents arrested him. - The Georgetown mansion where Wild Bill Donovan  founder of the Office of Strategic Services  the precursor to the CIA  held secret meetings during World War II. - Au Pied de Cochonthe Georgetown caf where Soviet defector Vitaly Yurchenko had his last meal before redefecting. - The Northwest Washington home where Soviet spy Kim Philby lived while serving as First Secretary of the British Embassy. - FBI Headquartersa preview of the redesigned tour that attracts half a million visitors a year - National Cryptologic Museuma former motel in Fort Meade  Maryland  where visitors now can learn the history of American signals intelligence and cryptology and find the largest public collection of Enigma machines. - The Willard Hotelwhere Lafayette C. Baker  the infamous counterespionage officer in the Civil War  was recruited - Congressional Country Clubthe training place in Potomac  Maryland  for OSS agents to be parachuted behind enemy lines in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948829372469,"sku":"ByrdShop_1931868972","price":61.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781931868976_7308fc8b-f2a1-42f8-827b-8f9fc95c1242.jpg?v=1770058697","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/undercover-washington-where-famous-spies-lived-worked-and-loved-capital-travels","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}